Fried Green Tomatoes
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.
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
Audience (TMDB & IMDb)
7.7/10
1,464 votes on TMDB
Critics
77%Rotten Tomatoes
64Metacritic
Rating consensus
74/100 blend
Sources: TMDB · IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic
Warm reception overall — weighted ~74/100 across 4 rating sources. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch
Jessica Tandy
Ninny Threadgoode
Mary-Louise Parker
Ruth Jamison
Mary Stuart Masterson
Idgie Threadgoode
Cicely Tyson
Sipsey
Stan Shaw
Big George
Chris O'Donnell
Buddy Threadgoode
Gailard Sartain
Ed Couch
Timothy Scott
Smokey Lonesome
Gary Basaraba
Grady Kilgore
Lois Smith
Mama Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen
Woman's Awareness Teacher
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Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Jon Avnet
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