Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) Review – What Passes Through Heat Becomes Something New
Header illustration for the film review essay of Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). Illustration created for editorial movie review purposes. What if the parts of us the world never quite accepted were never the problem to begin with? 🎥 Film Overview Title Fried Green Tomatoes Director Jon Avnet Release December 27, 1991 (limited); January 24, 1992 (wide release, United States) Runtime 130 minutes (2 hours 10 minutes) Genre Comedy, Drama Screenplay Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski (based on Flagg's 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe ) Country United States Language English Cinematography Geoffrey Simpson Music Thomas Newman Production Company Act III Productions, Avnet/Kerner Productions Distributor Universal Pictures Rating PG-13 Cast Kathy Bates (Evelyn Couch), Jessica Tandy (Ninny Threadgoode), Mary Stuart Masterson (Idgie Threadgoode), Mary-Louise Parker (Ruth Jamison), Cicely Tyson (Sipsey), Chris O...