Fried Green Tomatoes

1991 film directed by Jon Avnet

Film · TMDB

7.7

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.

Released: 1991-12-27130 minDir: Jon AvnetDrama, Comedy

Cast

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

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Ratings

IMDb

7.7/10

91,897 votes

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Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 American Southern Gothic comedy-drama film directed by Jon Avnet, and based on Fannie Flagg's 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Written by Flagg and Carol Sobieski, and starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, and Cicely Tyson, the film tells the story of a middle-aged housewife who, unhappy with her life, befriends an elderly lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.

The film was released in theaters in the United States on December 27, 1991, garnered positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $119.4 million on a $11 million budget.