Story Line
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.
“The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.”
Top 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
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Rating
7.7/ 10
Release Date
1991-12-27
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
DramaComedy
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User Reviews (2)
Filipe Manuel Neto
7/10
•12/17/2023**An unfairly forgotten film, quite emotional, that women will find very good and men may or may not like, depending on their tolerance for films with a greater sentimental charge.**
Director Jon Avnet brings us a good film that reminds us of the ...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•1/25/2025"Evelyn" (Kathy Bates) and her husband "Ed" (Gailard Sartain) are going through the motions in their marriage. They've long stopped making any effort for each other and she is a bit fed up. It's when she is visiting a friend at an old folk's home tha...