Fried Green Tomatoes Review
Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 American comedy-drama directed by John Avent and written by Carol Sobieski and Fannie Flagg, based on the book “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop CafĂ©” written by Flagg herself. The film stars Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Gailard Sartain, Timothy Scott, and Cicely Tyson. The film follows the story of an unhappy housewife named Evelyn Couch as she meets an elderly woman named Ninny Threadgoode who tells her the story of a depression era relationship between reckless Idgie Threadgoode and her friend Ruth Jamison, and hearing these stories gives Evelyn the confidence she needs to actively try to fix her failing marriage. If one were to watch Fried Green Tomatoes and absolutely love it, to think it was the greatest masterpiece in cinema the world had ever known, to think that the relationships portrayed were profound and beautiful, to think that the films statements on women and courage to be inspiring and e