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Fried Green Tomatoes

Movie
1991
2h 10m
PG-13
English
Drama, Comedy
User Score: 
7.9
Critic Score: 
70
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Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
Fried Green Tomatoes Poster

Fried Green Tomatoes

PG-13
Movie
1991
2h 10m
English
Drama, Comedy
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
Rating
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7.9
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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
70

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Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch
Jessica Tandy
Ninny Threadgoode
MaryLouise Parker
Ruth Jamison
Mary Stuart Masterson
Idgie Threadgoode
Stan Shaw
Big George
Chris ODonnell
Buddy Threadgoode
Timothy Scott
Smokey Lonesome
Gary Basaraba
Grady Kilgore
Lois Smith
Mama Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen
Woman's Awareness Teacher
Afton Smith
Leona Threadgoode
Haynes Brooke
Older Julian Threadgoode
Richard Riehle
Reverend Scroggins
Nick Searcy
Frank Bennett
Macon McCalman
Prosecutor Percy
Raynor Scheine
Sheriff Curtis Smoote
Reid Binion
Young Julian Threadgoode
Directed By: Jon Avnet
Written By: Fannie Flagg (Novel), Carol Sobieski (Screenplay)

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jekyl6669 says...
7 years ago
Very obvious with its attempts to pull at the heartstrings, as such it can feel overly sentimental and mushy at times, but the backstory is genuinely interesting and the cast is solid, making you care about these people.
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Spiritualized Kaos says...
10 months ago
A series of female characters and their problems.
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eringilmour says...
3 years ago
Seeking a “friend” to cook with now after this, it’s urgent
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Horror future #7 says...
4 years ago
Nice movie with important messages reccomend it for sure. 7.4/10
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bunnyharvestman
9/10  10 months ago
I know I watched this quintessential classic once before now, likely in the early 2000s, but I remembered absolutely no plot details this time, so it was as if I were watching for the first time. I kept thinking throughout and for days after, "==Kathy Bates is just so flippin' pretty!=="

Also, it More
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Filipe Manuel Neto
5 months ago
**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. Intellige More
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Nancy L Draper
10/10  3 years ago
Do you have comfort shows or media? Whenever I am overtired, too tired to think or just need a brain vacation, I retreat into favourite movies an TV series. This is one of those. I fell in love with this movie when it was first released (1991), bought and wore out the VHS tape (how we “streamed More
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