Fried Green Tomatoes

Pros: great plot and great acting,
Cons: will make you cry.

Well , I do both while watching this movie. Fried Green Tomatoes, stars
Academy Award winners, Jessica Tandy and Kathy Bates along with stars
Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker.

This movie was produced by Universal...

Pros: heartwarming storytelling at its best.
Cons: little sappy at times.

I'm the sappy type. Not a time goes by whenever I hear the story of Buddy Threadgoode, Ruth Jameson, and Idgie Threadgoode that I don't get a little teary eyed now and then. When the first train accident occurred, I started bawling like a baby. When...

Pros: cast, sets, direction, script, nostalgic
Cons: characters and story are sometimes dubious

A nostalgic and well-made film, Fried Green Tomatoes explores the close friendship between two women over a period of twenty years. Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson) is a tomboy while Ruth (Mary-Louise Parker) is demure, and together they run the...

Pros: Great cast
Cons: ......

While on a visit to the rest home with her husband to visit his aunt, Evelyn (Kathy Bates) meets up with Ninny (Jessica Tandy), well known for her stories. Since the aunt hates Evelyn, she is also stuck in the waiting room and therefore gets to spend a...

Pros: A beautiful film, fabulous acting, gorgeously filmed. A great story.
Cons: Toned down for the times; the main characters' relationship is too easy to ignore

Review first, rant second. Review: "Fried Green Tomatoes" is perhaps one of the best movies to come out of the ninteties. Housewife Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) meets and befriends Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), an elderly nursing home patient with ...

Pros: great pace, well rounded characters, well plotted
Cons: some may find too mushy or melodramatic at times

Though some see it as a run of the mill tear-jerking 90’s film, Fried Green Tomatoes is one of the best friendship films I have ever seen. Not only does it explore the personality bonds that keep people together, but it also reaches into racial issues...

Pros: Great acting, great story line
Cons: No cons are possible in this movie

Can you say the ultimate story of friendship? Well, if you can good. If you can't, I strongly urge you to check out "Fried Green Tomatoes". This movie will blow you away with it's triumph battle of courage and true friendship.
It starts out with...

Pros: A complicated and intriguing story.
Cons: A complicated story

To say this a story of 2 sets of friendships between women is probably a gross oversimplification. It is a most masterfully presented story of 2 friendships that occur decades apart with some very subtle similarities. Although, on the surface, you would...

Pros: A heatwarming, sweet movie about relationships
Cons: NONE

I can watch this movie over and over and over again. I not only watch it when it USA shows it, but I own the movie. The characters for some reason just draw you in. When I watch it, I feel as though I am one of them. I feel as though I am living with...

Pros: Great movie, excellent casting and characters, well written
Cons: None

This movie is one of my all-time favorites and one I have watched many times. The casting is great, the plot is good, the acting is excellent....in fact, I can't think of anything bad about it other than it is a serious, hardcore "chick...

Pros: Heartwarming
Cons: None that I know of

It has been awhile since my last viewing of this most wonderful film, but its opening in the theatres was coincidental with a true and deep life long relationship beginning in my life I carry it with me still. It is such a heartwarming story of a...

Pros: Talented actors, intriguing storyline
Cons: None

Fried Green Tomatoes is without a doubt, one of my all-time favorite movies, ever. This film defines the true meaning of friendship, and that loves exists through the barriers of time, race, and class.

The first parallel of friendship exists...

Pros: wonderful story, good for all ages
Cons: none

Fried Green Tomatoes is a wonderful movie that you can easily watch over and over again. It shifts back and forth from present day to the early 1900's, where you slip comfortably into Ruth and Idgie's lives.

Ruth Jamison and Idgie Threadgoode...

Pros: Everything!
Cons: You don't want the story to end

When this movie was in the theaters I resisted going to see it because everyone was so excited about it. But I did go - and saw what immediately became my favorite movie of all time. The characters are extremely believable, the story is fascinating and...

Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing

I saw this movie one day because my friend brought it over to my house, saying that it was a really good movie. I figured since I had nothing better to do, that I would watch it. I'm very glad I did. It is a wonderful, touching, heart-warming...