Fried Green Tomatoes | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

When a group of actors this gifted and lively tries so good-naturedly to deliver such an obvious message, the audience is left in the position of trying to stop a tidal wave. You may hate yourself for responding, but you're smothered before you know it.

It's a nice, pleasant celebration of friendship, but without much meat to chew on.

It doesn't quite have the courage to face its own implications and so leaves the story that follows in a kind of blur apt to offend no one but equally incapable of moving anyone.

Fried Green Tomatoes is gosh-darned lovable, even if it does get downright sugary at times.

Directed and co-written by first-timer Jon Avnet, the episodic production manages to capture the fried-tomato flavor of the deep South without becoming too pushy or patronizing about it.