Fried Green Tomatoes is a very strange movie. It is directed by Jon Avnet. I was unsure of the character’s roles throughout the entire film. There were some familiar faces among the cast: Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Kathy Bates, and Jessica Tandy. The movie is full of drama; surrounded by tears, triumph and tragedy. The movie is over two hours long and feels drawn out while watching it. I felt as if it was a waste of my time near the end of it.
The flashbacks scenes without a doubt exceed the present day scenes. The acting is much better and the relationships between characters in more profound. The dual stories happening simultaneously sometimes seem awkward or forced. Which I guess should be expected when the flashbacks are occurring between the 1930s and the 1990s.
There were points in the film when I felt the director was trying to get the audience to be emotional. There were such long scenes that were over dramatic and poorly pieced together. The worst is the much extended introduction. The audience is following a train track for the first few minutes of the movie, it is moving so fast it is almost nauseating.
At times, it is gritty and inspirational, while still trying to be humorous. Sometimes it was well played, others not so much. After all of the emotional trauma the characters go through, the director then throws in a murder and a trial. He adds the racial conflict and seedy cop to throw the audience off. The director tries to keep the audience wondering what will happen next. I predicted the remainder of the movie, so he obviously failed at keeping the murder-mystery suspenseful. The film isn't great, but it has enough going for it to make it entertaining, whether you are laughing at or with it. I was very bored by the end of this movie and wished I had not chosen to watch this film.
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