Rotten
[A] clunky, fraudulent, yet apparently crowd-pleasing laugh-and-tear-jerker.
Michael Sragow, New Yorker
Fried Green Tomatoes
The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
1991 · 2h 10m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Jon Avnet
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Jon Avnet Director
- 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
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
76%
Tomatometer
Fresh
When a group of actors this gifted and lively tries so good-naturedly to deliver such an obvious message, the audience is left in the position of trying to stop a tidal wave. You may hate yourself for responding, but you're smothered before you know it.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
Directed and co-written by first-timer Jon Avnet, the episodic production manages to capture the fried-tomato flavor of the deep South without becoming too pushy or patronizing about it.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Fried Green Tomatoes is a case of a film acted with such skill and conviction that glaring problems of narrative, pace and structure seem like minor slips.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
The movie never quite shakes its stiff, studied feel, just as the town of Whistle Stop never stops seeming the quaint creation of an art director.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune
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