Felipe Paraguassu Film Reviews

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 Café” 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

True stories is a 1986 American musical satirical comedy film directed by David Byrne and written by David Byrne, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Beth Henley. The film stars David Byrne, John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, Jo Harvey Allen, Tito Larriva, and Spalding Gray. The film lacks a cohesive narrative but instead is composed of vignettes surrounding various eccentric characters in the small town of Virgil, Texas as they prepare for their “Celebration of Specialness” on the states sesquicentennial anniversary. This is going to be a difficult review to structure, as the film itself lacks a formal structure of storytelling, so I guess I’ll try my best to say what I mean in as smooth a fashion as possible. I would like to begin by saying that the film is far from flawless, but it is so endearing and funny and unique that I fell in love with it over and over again throughout its runtime. Its witty, charming and devilishly unique, classic and yet contemporary, a perfect blend of the starkness of Br