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Enjoyable biopic starring Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson, and others told in the third-person style by an 80+ year-old woman, Nitty (Jessica Tandy), about the times, people, and events of the last 70 years, in a old deserted southern community called Whistle Stop, Alabama. Evelyn (Cathy Bates) meets Nitty in a nursing home while visiting her husband's aunt. A loving and tender, mother/daughter type of relationship develops throughout their numerous hours spent together as Nitty relays the storys and events that unfolded since about 1919. The story surrounds the lifelong relationship between Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Ruth Jamison (Mary Louise Parker). She tells the story of a transcendent friendship between two young women living in Georgia in the 1930s. The two women open a cafe, the "Whistle Stop", their specialty, "Fried Green Tomatoes". All of these various elements become cemented together around Idgie and Ruth, Ruth's son Buddy Jr., and the Whistle Stop Cafe, which was the beating heart of the community, and the never solved murder of Ruth's abusive husband, Frank. The story begins in 1919 when Idgie's big brother Buddy, Ruth's boyfriend, was hit and killed by a train. Idgie withdrew into silence and mourning for years only to be released from her grief when Ruth returned years later and befriends her. Idgie by now is a "wild as weeds" young woman - a free spirit, who Ruth calls out and befriends, only to discover a kindred spirit. Together they become best friends. Ruth soon, unexpectedly informs Idgie that she is to be married following the summer and Idgie feels betrayed that she is losing this new found friendship. As the next few years go by, Idgie eventually gets the courage to travel to Georgia to visit Ruth, only to find out that she is living in an abusive relationship and is being beaten by her husband Frank. When Idgie threatens to take action, Ruth sends her away, not wanting to make trouble for her dying mother who lives there too. Soon a letter from Ruth arrives asking for Idgie to take her away from her situation. Ruth's mother died, and she is pregnant and no longer can stand the abuse. The characters of the story all become alive now; Sipsie (Cicely Tyson), her son Big George, Sheriff Grady, Smokey Lonesome, a local HoBo, and Curtis Smoot, the Georgia policeman looking to solve the disappearance of Frank Jamison. He has been after Idgie and Big George for years ever since being told that Idgie threatened to kill Jamison if he ever hit Ruth again. These, and all the others that wrap up the story that spans 70+ years of life. The old lady that Nitty was accompanying in the nursing home, Mrs. Otis, has died, and Nitty returns home only to find her house gone. It had been condemned and torn down years before, nobody ever thinking that Nitty would ever return. Evelyn now wants to bring her to stay with her and her husband in her remaining years. In the final scene, the two women see a jar of honey next to Ruth Jamison's headstone, a sign symbolizing the eternal friendship between Idgie and Ruth. This was a very enjoyable film and I highly recommend it.Read full review
It was hard to find a new copy of this VHS tape for my brother as he loves this movie. I was happy to this seller for having one.
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i think this is the best movie ever. my best friend made me seat with her and wahch it with her. and after i watched it i thought it wuz the best country movie i ever saw.my favorite part in this movie wuz when at the end idjie whent back home to where she grew up. and she found out from the lady she met at the hospitle that they tore it down because it wuz really old. and the women and idjie found the grave that idjie's best friend wuz burried at and she saw that the honey she left there a long time a go wuz still there and she told her friend that she met at the hospitle that maby one day she will get to meet idjie. and she said maby you will tomarrow and the women she met at the hospitle asked idjie if she would like to come and live with her and she said at first no that this is my house and she told her what happend to her house and at the end she changed her mind. this is the best movie ever. oh yea and at the bigining the little boy named buddie that got killed by a train i thought he wuz cute.Read full review
I absolutely love this movie! All performances are excellent, but I especially loved Kathy Bates, and Jessica Tandy was at her best (this is also special to me because this was probably her very last movie before her death - making it a true keepsake). You have to see it, of course, to appreciate it, but the movie covers every aspect of life imaginable. It flows easily between the current, modern time and flashbacks to the 1930's south as Jessica Tandy tells the stories of her youth to bored housewife Kathy Bates - seeking some meaning to her life. This movie has it all: drama, tragedy, inspiration, even comedy! It's the greatest and I am happy I found my copy on ebay.
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