Fried Green Tomatoes
Movie • 1991 • Drama
ReportAmidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
This movie contains 27 potentially triggering events.
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Abuse
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mcmuds
ex-husband comes looking for his wife.
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saste12
One of the main characters is shown to have an abusive husband. There is physical violence on-screen before the character leaves the husband.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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An alcoholic is suffering the DT's and can't eat his food from shaking.
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Are there snakes?
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A preacher mentions serpents and snaked while giving a sermon.
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Are there bugs?
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Gisafrog
There is a Scene where someone is covered in bees (but doesn't get stung).
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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saste12
A character is tied up and whipped by Ku Klux Klan members in a scene.
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ril22
In the book, yes, but not in the movie
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Bodily Harm
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Is there cannibalism?
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megngarnett
it is very strongly implied
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Is there amputation?
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you don't see anything explicitly during their accident, but you do hear them shout and the scene cuts to when they are up and about again (healing)
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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saste12
A character injures their ankle from a fall, but the injury isn't really shown. It's a small part of the movie.
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Is there a hanging?
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megngarnett
No but I believe someone mentions it as a threat
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Does someone break a bone?
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But a kid losses his arm
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Anonymous
One female character mentions wanting to shoot men who don't treat her well in the genitals
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Gisafrog
Not finger or toe, but a kid loses his arm in a train accident.
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mcmuds
There's a brief whipping scene by KKK "gentlemen".
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A character is pushed down the stairs. The character survives.
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(SPOILERS) An attempt is made, but the infant isn't successfully abducted.
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Does a kid die?
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Moldlypumpkin
A teenager is hit by a train at the beginning
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Death
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Family
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saste12
A character is almost prevented from leaving their house. Another character is almost kidnapped. No successful kidnapping.
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Does a parent die?
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Anonymous
Ruth Jamison dies of cancer.
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Law Enforcement
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saste12
The cops in this film are corrupt. One sheriff character is meant to be nice I guess, but the other characters don't really respect him.
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A character lives in a nursing home. Some scenes take place there. No medical procedures are depicted.
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Mental Health
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A couple characters are traumatized and heavily affected by their trauma. Another character talks about her traumatic experiences in an abusive marriage in a scene.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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saste12
A character is very unhappy with her weight and refers to herself as "fat." She is shown to go on a diet and get exercise to become more confident in her image. This may be triggering for some folks with body dysmorphia.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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A character struggles to have a healthy diet and eats too much candy. Not technically an eating disorder but she does have a bad relationship with food, which she manages to overcome.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Racial slurs are mentioned in a few scenes.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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megngarnett
No, but a pregnant woman is kicked down some stairs. She and the baby are fine.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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There is a scene where two characters cross-dress as part of a comedy skit. Another character is mocked by her brother for her femininity.
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Is there hate speech?
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megngarnett
There is hate speech especially from Klan (KKK) members towards POC and an abusive husband toward his wife.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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ErikGroen
The main characters are in a lesbian relationship in the books, and it is VERY heavily implied in the movie as well.
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Are there n-words?
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saste12
Ku Klux Klan members as bad guy characters say the slur in a few different scenes.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Social
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saste12
Homeless camps and homeless characters are shown in the movie.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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megngarnett
The ending is bittersweet but not unsatisfying. Sad because of things that happened in the past, happy because of how things end in the present. I have never felt ultimately sad because of the ending :)
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Vehicular
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megngarnett
No - a woman DOES purposefully run her car into another parked car, however.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Moldlypumpkin
No but a lady does ram her car into a parked car
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Is there blood/gore?
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saste12
A character gets a bloody nose. Another character has a bloody mark on their head from a blunt object. Otherwise no blood or gore really.
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Is there gun violence?
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saste12
There is a gunshot that puts a bullet hole through the cafe window. Another character knocks someone out with the butt of their gun. No one is shot though.
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