Fried Green Tomatoes
Movie • 1991 • Drama
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Amidst 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.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Not explictly, but a child lives on their own for a good portion of the story.
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Abuse
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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There is a domestic abuse situation against and a man is brutalized for spectacle.
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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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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone stalked?
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ex-husband comes looking for his wife.
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Addiction
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An alcoholic is suffering the DT's and can't eat his food from shaking.
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Animal
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Are there bugs?
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There is a Scene where someone is covered in bees (but doesn't get stung).
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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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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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A character is tied up and whipped by Ku Klux Klan members in a scene.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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It's not explicitly a bullying situation, but people are certainly mocked in a group setting, sometimes violently.
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In the book, yes, but not in the movie
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone tortured?
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There's a brief whipping scene by KKK "gentlemen".
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there cannibalism?
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it is very strongly implied
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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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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Does someone break a bone?
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But a kid losses his arm
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Are any hands damaged?
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Not visually a hand being injured, but someone loses their arm... so....
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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A character is pushed down the stairs. The character survives.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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One or two characters are knocked out by the butt of a gun.
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Is there body horror?
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There is a gorey visual in the extended cut of the film post-klan activities.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Not finger or toe, but a kid loses his arm in a train accident.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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One female character mentions wanting to shoot men who don't treat her well in the genitals
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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 someone crushed to death?
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Someone is hit by a train....
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Is someone burned alive?
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No but there is mention of lynching ...
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Children
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A teenager is hit by a train at the beginning
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Is an infant abducted?
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(SPOILERS) An attempt is made, but the infant isn't successfully abducted.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
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Several main characters die.
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Does someone die?
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Oh boy do they.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Ruth Jamison dies of cancer.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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A character is almost prevented from leaving their house. Another character is almost kidnapped. No successful kidnapping.
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Fear
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One character briefly draws a pocket knife as a threat. Nothing more is done with it.
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Gross
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Is someone eaten?
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It isn't shown on screen, but it is heavily implied.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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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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Medical
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Does someone have cancer?
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One major character dies from it.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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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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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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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 say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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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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Is there body dysphoria?
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Idgie is portrayed as a tomboy but never explicitly expresses she wishes to be another gender.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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It is not explictly discussed, but it is clear that someone is very depressed after the death of another character.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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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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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Not as jumpscares on purpose, but there is a pretty jarring gunshot. No one is hurt.
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Does a baby cry?
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An infant cries in one or two scenes. There are a couple more instances of children screaming for help.
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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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No, but a pregnant woman is kicked down some stairs. She and the baby are fine.
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Is there childbirth?
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It is not onscreen.
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Prejudice
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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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Does an LGBT person die?
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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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Is there hate speech?
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There is hate speech especially from Klan (KKK) members towards POC and an abusive husband toward his wife.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Ku Klux Klan members as bad guy characters say the slur in a few different scenes.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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Homeless camps and homeless characters are shown in the movie.
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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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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Are there end credit scenes?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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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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No but a lady does ram her car into a parked car
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Violence
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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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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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