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www.austinchronicle.com - : There's a lot to like about Fried Green Tomatoes. The movie, that is. Foremost is the acting. Brimming with wonderful performances, the movie is remarkable for its collection of rich female leads (the screenplay was co-written by Fannie Flagg and director Avnet from Flagg's 1987 novel). more...
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3/5
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : ''Fried Green Tomatoes'' is fairly predictable, and the flashback structure is a distraction, but the strength of the performances overcomes the problems of the structure. I especially liked Mary Stuart Masterson's work, but then I nearly always do (see her in ''Some Kind of Wonderful''). And I enjoyed the vigor with which Jessica Tandy told her long-ago tale, about a woman not completely unlike herself. more...
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3/4
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : Fried Green Tomatoes is a thoroughly enjoyable movie-going experience, replete with laughter, tears, triumph, and tragedy. Unfortunately, it has been sanitized and ''Hollywoodized'', with the relationship between the two 1930 female leads left ambiguous, and a few too many scenes going over-the-top to manipulate an emotional reaction. So, while providing two-plus hours worth of solid entertainment, director Jon Avnet's picture lacks the crucial ingredient which would have lifted it above the level of a tearjerker to that of the extraordinary. more...
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3.5/
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