Review of Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) by Jay Boyar for Orlando Sentinel — 01 Jun 2014

At its best, Fried Green Tomatoes is a pleasantly nostalgic tale wrapped around a murder mystery (which, frankly, isn't all that mysterious). The filmmakers do a decent job of weaving the texture of the thoroughly racist and sexist society within which Idgie, Ruth and the movie's major black characters (played by Cicely Tyson and Stan Shaw) must struggle to preserve their self-respect and, at critical times, their lives.

At its worst, the film is unexciting and rambles too much.