Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
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Fried Green Tomatoes rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.7/10· 90K votes
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Metacritic64%
TMDb7.665/10· 1K votesWith 77% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 64/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Fried Green Tomatoes
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.
Cast of Fried Green Tomatoes
Kathy Bates
as Evelyn Couch
Jessica Tandy
as Ninny Threadgoode
Mary-Louise Parker
as Ruth Jamison
Mary Stuart Masterson
as Idgie Threadgoode
Cicely Tyson
as Sipsey
Stan Shaw
as Big George
Chris O'Donnell
as Buddy Threadgoode
Gailard Sartain
as Ed Couch
Timothy Scott
as Smokey Lonesome
Gary Basaraba
as Grady Kilgore
Lois Smith
as Mama Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen
as Woman's Awareness Teacher
Fried Green Tomatoes facts
- Budget
- $11M
- Box office
- $119.4M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Emotional depth examines female friendships authentically meaningful
- •Comedy grounded in character quirks feels organic and earned
- •Dramatic arc delivers satisfaction through personal empowerment
What the audience disliked
- •Framing narrative underutilizes potentially compelling storyline
- •Some tonal shifts between comedy and drama feel jarring
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