Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe reviews (1991)

Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe

1991

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5

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A woman learns the value of friendship as she hears the story of two women and how their friendship shaped their lives in this warm comedy-drama. Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) is an emotionally repressed housewife with a habit of drowning her sorrows in candy bars. Her husband Ed (Gailard Sartain) barely acknowledges her existence, and while he visits his aunt at a nursing home every week, Evelyn is not permitted to come into the room because the old women doesn't like her. One week, while waiting out Ed's visit, Evelyn meets Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), a frail but feisty old woman who lives at the same nursing home and loves to tell stories. Over the span of several weeks, she spins a whopper about one of her relatives, Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson). Back in the 1920s, Idgie was a sweet but fiercely independent woman with her own way of doing things who ran the town diner in Whistle Stop, Alabama. Idgie was very close to her brother Buddy (Chris O'Donnell), and when he died, she wouldn't talk to anyone except Buddy's girl, Ruth Jamison (Mary-Louise Parker). Idgie gave Ruth a job at the cafe after she left her abusive husband, Frank Bennett (Nick Searcy). Between her habit of standing up for herself, standing up to Frank, and serving food to Black people out the back of the diner, Idgie raised the ire of the less tolerant citizens of Whistle Stop, and when Frank mysteriously disappeared, many locals suspected that Idgie, Ruth, and their friends may have been responsible. Evelyn finds herself looking forward to her weekly visits with Ninny, and is inspired by her story to take a new pride in herself and assert her independence from Ed. Fried Green Tomatoes was based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by actress-turned-author Fannie Flagg, who makes a cameo appearance as the leader of a self-help group.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe details

Format:	PG DVD
Starring:	Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris O'Donnell, Kathy Bates, Cicely Tyson, Mary-Louise Parker, Stan Shaw
Director:	Jon Avnet
Genres:	Comedy, Drama - General
Studio:	ITV DVD
Collections:	100 Feisty Females

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe	PG Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	2 hours 4 minutes
Rental release:	09 Sep 2002
Main languages:	English

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WONDERFUL

By a customer from Mexico, New Zealand , 20 Feb 2005

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This film was one of the best i've seen. I sat down to watch it under protest but soon I was caught in its spell and never wanted it to end.

The acting and scenery were superb.

You could really relate to the main characters and could feel for them.

It made me crie quite a lot and that doesn't usually happen to me.

It was a beautifully told story and the writing was brilliant.

This might not usually be your sort of film but I really think you should watch this and you might be surprised
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well worth a watch

By annalese (4 reviews) , 29 Oct 2012

best film ever!!! you won,t be disappointed with this film, good acting, good story line, and you might need a hankie or two.
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great film

By a customer , 17 Jul 2012

This is my favorite film of all time......watched it years and years ago with my dad and we both loved it, and just recently watched it with my daughter who also loved it....a great easy watching film with a good twist at the end.
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Loved it

By Heidi1909 (1 review) , 16 Feb 2012

I saw this years ago and loved it then!!! Just watched it again and it is still a little gem. Would recommend it to anyone.
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Simply Delicious....!

By mowjow (2 reviews) , 01 Feb 2012

Simply delicious! I could watch this over and over and over again! Love it! Even wished to go to the places mentioned and make Friend Green Tomatoes! Yum! One of my all time favourite films>
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Great Viewing

By Katiecue (3 reviews) , 07 Dec 2011

I had fond memories of this film from watching many years ago and thought the recent viewing would prove disappointing.

I was wrong and the 20 years of being on my 'top ten' list, it was still well deserved. I would even go as far to say that it is one to watch before you die!
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