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.
Fried Green Tomatoes has generally received very positive reviews.
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Fried Green Tomatoes was released in 1991 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 624 reviews, giving Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 88%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 67%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Fried Green Tomatoes than critics were.
With a score of 77%, Fried Green Tomatoes is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1991, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1991 with similar scores include films like Night on Earth and Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken.
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