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.

• DirectorJon Avnet
• Release27 December 1991
• Genre
  Drama / Comedy
• Duration2h 10m
• Budget$11,000,000
• Revenue$119,418,501
• Rate
  

  7.682
  1426 reviews
• Productions

  Universal Pictures, Act III Productions, Avnet/Kerner Productions, Electric Shadow Productions, Fried Green Tomatoes Productions