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Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch
Jessica Tandy
Ninny Threadgoode
Mary-Louise Parker
Ruth Jamison
Mary Stuart Masterson
Idgie Threadgoode
Cicely Tyson
Sipsey
Stan Shaw
Big George
Chris O'Donnell
Buddy Threadgoode
Gailard Sartain
Ed Couch
Timothy Scott
Smokey Lonesome
Gary Basaraba
Grady Kilgore
Lois Smith
Mama Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen
Woman's Awareness Teacher
Fannie Flagg
Teacher
Suzi Bass
Nurse
Tom Even
Judge
Afton Smith
Leona Threadgoode
Haynes Brooke
Older Julian Threadgoode
Wallace Merck
KKK Man
Richard Riehle
Reverend Scroggins
Constance Shulman
Missy
Nick Searcy
Frank Bennett
Macon McCalman
Prosecutor Percy
Raynor Scheine
Sheriff Curtis Smoote
Grace Zabriskie
Eva Bates
Reid Binion
Young Julian Threadgoode
Danny Nelson
Papa Threadgoode
Nancy Moore Atchison
Little Idgie Threadgoode
Ginny Parker
Ruth's Mother
Tres Holton
Boy at Supermarket
Ron McCall
Ocie
David Dwyer
Hooded Man
Lashondra Phillips
Young Naughty Bird
Kathy Larson
Beetle Girl #1
Missy Wolff
Beetle Girl #2
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Janeen
Grayson Fricke
Buddy Threadgoode Jr.
Enjolik Oree
Older Naughty Bird
Genevieve Fisher
Peggy Hadley
Bob Hannah
Defense Attorney
Ted Manson
Bailiff
Carol Mitchell-Leon
Sue Otis
Evan Lockwood
Tim

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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on Sun Dec 17 2023

**An unfairly forgotten film, quite emotional, that women will find very good and men may or may not like, depending on their tolerance for films with a greater sentimental charge.** Director Jon Avnet brings us a good film that reminds us of the value of good friendships and self-love. Intelligently directing his crew and cast, he managed to make a discreet, unpretentious but very enjoyable film that easily wins over the audience. Still, it's bland and tepid, and perhaps that's precisely why it ended up as forgotten as it is. One of the strongest points is clearly the cast, headed by two...