Fried Green Tomatoes
DramaComedy
7.669/10
|US
|en
|130 min
Release Date: 1991-12-27
Overview - Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
Production Companies
Universal PicturesAct III ProductionsAvnet/Kerner ProductionsElectric Shadow ProductionsFried Green Tomatoes Productions
User Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
7/10
**An unfairly forgotten film, quite emotional, that women will find very good and men may or may not like, depending on their tolerance for films with a greater sentimental charge.** Director Jon Avnet brings us a good film that reminds us of the value of good friendships and self-love. Intelligently directing his crew and cast, he managed to make a discreet, unpretentious but very enjoyable fi...
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CinemaSerf
7/10
"Evelyn" (Kathy Bates) and her husband "Ed" (Gailard Sartain) are going through the motions in their marriage. They've long stopped making any effort for each other and she is a bit fed up. It's when she is visiting a friend at an old folk's home that she encounters the frail but spritely "Ninny" (Jessica Tandy) and they get chatting. The older lady starts to regale her with stories of her younger...
