Very well executed

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

By most standards, FGT is an excellent film. Ninny, Idgie, and Evelyn are all interesting and endearing characters. The acting is excellent; every aspect of the production is above-average. The story is an efficient tearjerker.Dwight MacDonald wrote a pompous essay called "Masscult and midcult" in which he claimed mass culture was the watering-down of art until it was innocuous and inoffensive enough to be acceptable to stupid people. I detest that sort of snobbery, so it pains me to admit that FGT is a perfect example of it.Reviews of FGT say that it "examines" issues of racial and gender prejudice. An examination, however, would look at why people do what they do. It would reveal things. There would be some element of surprise.FGT is rather a predictable series of tropes that continually congratulates us for our own liberal social prejudices: "White men are bad; women, blacks, and extremely poor people are good. Society is bad; rebellion against it is good."So, if you want a movie that is to drama as Flash Gordon is to science fiction--a series of tropes for emotional manipulation and self- congratulation--go ahead and watch it; you'll probably enjoy it. But don't pretend that it's art.

It's a great movie. When watching "Fried Green Tomatoes" we get the clear certainty that everything was meticulously planned. The actors are excellent, each encased in its role. Leases are exceptional, as "The Cofee" really existed. The plot is powerful. A nostalgic film that makes us meditate and seek explanations for our existence. Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker are in top form. Play their roles with absolute perfection. The scenes of bees and Ruth's death are two sublime moments in the history of cinematography and certainly will be forever in the memory of those who love the movies. Jessica Tandy and Kathy Bates similarly shine in their roles. Director Jon Avnet was an extraordinary competence. Made a perfect job and deserve an Oscar at the height of the result. No doubt a timeless film, magic, awesome.

first off before i begin i just want to clarify something...i kept on getting the feeling that Ninny was actually Idgie while watching the movie and i know that a lot of fans of this movie were wondering the same thing. to clarify that up, in the book Ninny and Idgie are actually sister-in-laws and the movie never really says anything about that and kept a lot of people wondering if they didn't actually read the book. i never wanted to watch this movie even though i knew that this was a great movie...i thought it was too " chick flicky ??? ". well, i finally got to watch this movie and what a treasure i found! i got to watch the extended blu-ray edition, no less! if you're watching this movie for the first time like me, i recommend for guys and girls to get some tissue ready. now i'm not saying that you're going to need it...but for me personally and i don't really shed tears at movies, my eyes got moist about fifteen minutes into the movie and that has never happened before...and i've watched a gazillion movies.ultimately this movie is about the power of friendship and love and how that can overcome just about anything that you can throw at it. the story starts off in contemporary times and the first friendship starts there, between Ninny and Evelyn who is stuck in a suffocating marriage...from there we flash back and forth in time and we get to the other story of friendship and love between two women. sounds like a chick flick?...well don't worry you guys out there, stick with it and in there is the reward.i'm surprised that no one won an Oscar for acting in this movie, you had 3 strong best supporting actress awards in Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy and Cicely Tyson. then either Mary Masterson or Mary Parker could and should have won an Oscar for best actress. its a shame really that this movie isn't more recognized and is solely known to be a good chick flick.this movie goes into my top 100 movies easily and will now be watched many more times over the coming years. an absolute American treasure and it gets me mad when people bash it. i've looked around and it seems women are the ones who are bashing this movie. they must be some fu*ked- up people. it's sad and i guess they've never loved or lost that deeply...oh well, i guess they're automatons with no emotion.people who've never watched this movie before, if you are a fan of movies and good ones in particular, please watch this movie, its an American masterpiece well deserving its place in great American cinematography and i believe its an all-time classic already. we should all have some fried green tomatoes...

Timid housewife Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) befriends old Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy) at a retirement home. She recounts an old depression era story of Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson) and her friendship with Ruth Jamison (Mary-Louise Parker). Their lives are forever linked by the death of Idgie's brother who was Ruth's boyfriend.This is based on a novel that takes place in Alabama. The modern story doesn't have quite the punch. The old time story exceeds it in almost every way. It may have been an important part of the novel, but I don't know if the modern story necessarily adds anything to the movie. Both Marys are outstanding in their roles. Their characters are truly the center of this movie.