"Secret's in the Sauce.." FIRST TIME WATCHING *FRIED GREEN TOMATOES* | MOVIE REACTION & Review

[@shakycam3]

In the book, Ruth and Idgie were in a relationship. In the movie it’s left ambiguous if she’s Idgie. In the book, she was Ninny Threadgoode, like she said. The book is fantastic. If you read, i highly recommend it. They actually turned that set into a restaurant in Georgia.

[@BostonMarcus]

I loved the book. Have you read the sequel Fanny Flagg recently wrote? So, so good!

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thank you so much!!

[@shakycam3]

@@BostonMarcusI’m actually reading it now and I love it! I realized my face was aching from smiling while reading it.

[@BostonMarcus]

@shakycam3 Glad to hear that! Loved catching up with Evelyn Couch!

[@shakycam3]

@@BostonMarcus That image of 5 year old Idgie sitting on the roof of the train to Atlanta while waving at her mama as they went past… Hysterical!

[@morningcoffeebreak7367]

Fanny Flagg, who wrote the book, makes a cameo as one of the class instructors in the movie. One of my all time favorite movies.

[@ejtappan1802]

I had no idea that Fanny Flagg wrote this!!

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thank you for the info!

[@Aldebaron-fp3ef]

Yeah! I read this book and others by Fannie Flagg. Same flavor.

[@larrypinkus2502]

I love her books, Welcome to the world Baby Girl and the All Girl Filling Station…outstanding

[@a.g.demada5263]

Really ? Which one ?

[@cog4life]

Back in the day, when you did something a little dangerous, we would all scream Tawandaaaa!!!!😊😂

[@maha77]

I saw this in a packed theater when it came out, when Ruth passed, the ENTIRE audience was SOBBING, it was surreal

[@floppsymoppsy5969]

I was a little girl when I saw this movie in theaters. And still to this day I gasp and bawl and laugh. My favorite line is still "Face it girls, I'm older and have more insurance."

[@dawnburris6412]

M - “I wonder how it compares to Texas bbq?” D - “I think it’s best not to play that game.” As someone from a state that is divided on it’s sauce alone (NC), truer words have never been spoken! 😂😂😂

[@DavidvsFilm]

Hahaha “Southern diplomacy”

[@girl_friday9185]

Wise man, David. Wise. 6 out of 5. Thank you guys!! PS: Yes to all BBQ (well, watch out for that “secret sauce”).😏🍗😋

[@DavidvsFilm]

@@girl_friday9185 Haha thank you!!

[@jeffking887]

The best bbq is the one on the plate in front of me. (Partial to Memphis)

[@IgoZoom1]

I was 17 when this movie came out. I had such a crush on Chris O'Donnell! And I always knew Ruth and Idgie were in love with each other. Idgie was my hero because she was so unapologetically herself! I've never been sure if Ninny and Idgie are the same person...it confuses me. The real Whistlestop Cafe is still located in Juliette, GA, about an hour south of Atlanta. It's still open today.

[@HuntingViolets]

God that nurse who tells her about the Yellow Cab is beautiful.

[@minxiv7]

Oh my good gravy, YES! I love this film so dang much ❤ I mean, this film has got it all. Murder, menopause, female empowerment, good ass bbq, the cast, the portrait of friendship and how family is not just blood. The book makes a bigger deal about how Ruth and Idgie were not just best friends. They loved each other, they fell in love. Alas, the 90’s was a transitional time and the director felt they needed to err on the side of caution. The film did win a GLAAD award, but it was only winning nominations amongst the mainstream Hollywood awards. Honestly, this is up there with Steel Magnolias in terms of the roller coaster of emotions/dramedies ❤ love, love, love your reactions to this. Another good one, in this vein, is The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood. Ellen Burstyn, Sandra Bullock, Maggie Smith, James Gardner… and many more.

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thank you!!! And so well-said :) This movie DOES have it all, except maybe space travel. But I'm ok without that here at the Whistle Stop Cafe haha. That was our take on their relationship as well, and you're so right about the transitional time of the 90s. Especially with this being a movie that would be marketed (I'm assuming) largely to Southern audiences by default. And I love all your expressions! haha "Oh my good gravy." What was the other one you said that one time, "Sweet fluffy Moses"? Something like that..

[@stevenjump8234]

@@DavidvsFilm My older sister went to a drive in to see it. She went with a friend of hers. Well a couple of guys walked by their car on the way to the concession stand and called them dykes. She told me about it and I told her "Well the main 2 girls are lesbians." She wouldn't believe me." They were just friends" she would say. I said read the book . I said also that you both were wearing flannel shirts( a stereotype about lesbians at the time). My sister never wore one again. The red head lady, who was speaking at that woman's house, was comedian Fanny Flag who wrote the book.

[@MilaJohns]

YES! I'd love to @DavidvsFilm and Marc to watch & react to all of them, that would be amazing!

[@mena94x3]

I always thought the movie was better having left it more ambiguous.

[@nitaweitzel822]

I saw ya ya sister in a theater and was very disappointed

[@lostheroes87]

Such a good movie! The book on which this is based, is great as well. Per the book, Ninny is NOT Idgie. She is what she told Evelyn in the beginning of the movie, the sister-in-law of Idgie. Well worth the read.

[@DavidvsFilm]

Ahh, thank you, ok so it's made very clear in the book then that she really was married to Idgie's brother and is just relaying the story. I kind of like the open-ended way they leave it in the movie.

[@battlegirldeb]

This is the only thing I don't like about the movie is that the make you think Ninny is Idgie. That's why I like the book more, but I can't stay away from watching people react to this movie.

[@DavidvsFilm]

@@battlegirldeb Haha yeah and we dove headfirst into that assumption, didn’t we? Lol

[@jeffking887]

@@DavidvsFilmthat was the director’s intent. I’ve seen an interview with The Mary’s where they say they weren’t happy with that so they decided to play their parts as a couple discreetly. I’m mean, look how they look at each other. What I love so much about the book is that the entire town “knows” but they are completely accepted. Like the townspeople, neither story looks into the bedroom and that’s as it should be.

[@DavidvsFilm]

@@jeffking887 Thank you for sharing this!!! ♥️

[@wwaxwork]

This movie meant so much to so many people, not just in the south but around the world. I lived in a small town in rural Australia and there was a local cafe called The Whistlestop Cafe" themed to feel like the cafe in the movie after this came out. And it served fried green tomatoes, something that few Australians had heard of until the films release.

[@DavidvsFilm]

I love hearing stories like this! That’s awesome. Thank you for sharing, @wwaxwork!

[@kyralaird3234]

Ok that made me tear up again!! That is amazing!!

[@ADreamOrASong]

One of my all time favorite movies. God I had such a crush on MSM growing up 😍. If you read the book Ruth and Idgie were “best friends and roommates” 😂 They were in a relationship and the whole town knew but it was never explicitly stated. Also the movie does make you think Ninny was Idgie but in the book they really are two different characters. Like she said in the beginning, she married into the Threadgoode family by marrying one of Idgie’s brothers. She also talks about having a crush on Buddy.

[@katecaithness9285]

Loved your reaction. When you asked if it compared to Texas barbeque, my best friend next to me, without missing a beat, said, "It varies from person to person." I laughed for 10 minutes!

[@megdelaney3677]

FIRST TIME I noticed this: Ruth's maiden name, Jamison, is on her tombstone!

[@professionalvampire1]

I have eaten fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop cafe - in Juliet, Ga where they filmed this movie.

[@DavidvsFilm]

Get right out of here- really?? Were they good? If I had the resources to do this full-time, I would love to a "Reactions on the Road" series of videos where we have one video as a vlog, visiting the filming locations, and then the reaction to the movie that was filmed there. I would love to do something like that. :)

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

@@DavidvsFilm I love to make them and bring them to parties with a home-made remoulade. (yogurt, dijon, A-1 steak sauce)

[@whipporwillssong2256]

Oh my goodness!!!! I couldn't click on this fast enough. This was a movie I recommended along with Steel Magnolias awhile ago. I love this movie so much and I am so happy the both of you loved as much as me. Funny fact I have named on my cars Twanda since I saw this movie. As I have gotten older, it seems even more appropriate. LOL!

[@DavidvsFilm]

Haha I point that about your cars. And I remember!! When you first commented last year you mentioned these. And both have been excellent recommendations, needless to say. Thank you :)

[@123haninhk]

Oh thank god a reaction channel that willing to watch Fried Green Tomatoes! A female oriented movie that many reactors refuses to watch because it's "girly" not knowing it's actually dark and GOOD. Thank you so much!

[@DavidvsFilm]

Heck yeah! Thank YOU. We can’t take the credit though. We trust the people who watch our channel, and this one came highly recommended :)

[@123haninhk]

@@DavidvsFilm Yeah, but you put the movie for everyone to vote. Many reactors don't even bother.

[@アキコ2003]

That's weird because nothing about this movie is girly

[@prointraining1]

​@@アキコ2003 it's very girly just not the stereotypes 😊

[@jwes869]

There is a Whistle Stop Cafe in Glendale Kentucky. Right near the railroad tracks.

[@DavidvsFilm]

I bet it's awesome! I love places like that anyway, but I would espeically love a place with the FGT theme :)

[@todddepue681]

Laugh...cry....repeat. Based on the novel by Fannie Flagg...a great Southern storyteller. She also had a cameo playing one of the "women's group" leaders. Fannie Flagg was a comedian, popular on the Match Game game show. She suffered from dyslexia, diagnosed by a tv viewer who noticed her pattern of misspelling her answers on the show. When a publisher approached her about writing a book, she initially turned down the offer....telling the man she couldn't be a writer because she couldn't spell! He assured her they had people to fix her spelling and she went on to write several bestsellers.😊

[@DavidvsFilm]

Perfectly put about the "repeat". Such a great movie, and I bet this is a great book to read.

[@garyhiggins5823]

When Evelyn first meets Mrs Threadgoode in the nursing home, Mrs Threadgoode says that she married Idgie's brother Cleo. 4:03

[@maketerpstra]

How did she marry Idgie's brother when she is Idgie 🤔

[@HuntingViolets]

Exactly.

[@kathenavarro6850]

The bee scene was real. I was a hairstylist in Sacramento and the Bee Wranglers that worked on this movie and My Girl used to come in to my salon. They also worked on some horror movie. But i never saw it.

[@TheRealSubourbonMermaid]

I was waiting for this reaction, and I was not disappointed. So glad that Marc was a part of it too! He's so adorable when he cries, omg he looked like a sad lil puppy. I went to see this movie in the theater with a friend and her mother. Just imagine two 9yr old girls holding hands and loudly sobbing when Ruth died lol. It broke me. The South has some incredible storytellers, and Jon Avnet is no exception. The War is another must-see tear-jerker that he directed, it stars Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham, and Elijah Wood. Fun Fact: Evelyn's friend that gets her to go to those Women's Empowerment meetings is the original voice of Patty Mayonnaise from the 90's Doug cartoon.

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thank you so much!! Yeah, when he cries I'm like, "Oh, this is major." lol. I remember that movie The War! I don't think I ever saw it, but I remember seeing the box at Blockbuster :) And heck yeah Patty Mayonnaise! I remember most as Yoga Jones from Orange Is the New Black.

[@walterw9829]

This movie will hold up as a classic. I always cry.

[@DavidvsFilm]

Heck yeah!! Great movie :)

[@markthompson130]

I do not live too far from where the Cafe scenes were filmed. The Cafe is named "Whistlestop Cafe" and yes they to this day they sell fried green tomatoes. It is in Juliette Georgia. I have been there a number of times. The fried green tomatoes are the bomb.

[@a.g.demada5263]

Wow, that's incredible

[@kathyk5319]

Mrs. Threadgood was married to Idgie's brother. She told Evelyn that on their first meeting. Mrs. Ninny Threadgood was not Idgie.

[@emraldmars]

Fun fact: Mary Stuart Masterson actually harvested that honey herself

[@DavidvsFilm]

Well she’s crazy…… haha. Braver than me!

[@emraldmars]

Omg right never

[@calliestephen]

This is one of my favourite movies and it’s from one of my favourite books. While the movie leaves a few things up for interpretation of the viewer, the book made it clear that Idgie and Ruth were in a romantic relationship together. It was fairly common knowledge to those around them but no one talked about it. It also made it clear that Mrs Threadgood wasn’t Idgie, but her sister-in-law (she married Idgie’s brother that teased her coming down the stairs at the beginning of the film). Idgie is actually featured at the end of the book working at a truck stop and still selling her honey.

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thank you so much!!

[@BirchLeafPhotography]

The bee scene was indeed real. They hired a stunt double for Mary SM but she chickened out at the last minute that day. A beekeeper talked Mary through what to do, and she did that entire scene, bees and all. Ok David - didn't you grow up eating fried green tomatoes? I love those things and make them every year. Slice the tomatoes, dip them in milk then flour then egg with a little water then bread crumbs, salt and pepper. Hot skillet, cook until brown. Now is the time to eat these! Go to a farmer's market and you should be able to find some green tomatoes. Put them in the fridg and they'll stay green. Leave them out and they'll ripen. Absolutely LOVE your channel guys. I can't wait to see your reactions

[@SeekingHisWill78]

My brother and I used to make Yoohoo floats with vanilla ice cream when I was a kid back in the 80s. RIP Rusty

[@DavidvsFilm]

I'm so, so sorry for your loss. :( At least you have great memories like that one.

[@girl_friday9185]

So glad you gents reacted to this film & edited your shortened version so well. Your emotions are real & beautiful - this movie holds up like crazy.🍅🍳💚

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thank you so much!! We appreciate that. :)

[@Br0nto5aurus]

The old lady telling the story wasn't Idgie. Her name was Ninny, I think she said in the beginning that she married a brother of Idgie's. She didn't put the honey there. The implication is that Idgie is still running around, doing her thing, and had recently paid respects to Ruth's grave. Also, not a lot of people recognize that Ruth's "come get me" letter quoted the book of Ruth - *the* lesbian book in the Bible.

[@jolly1735]

I was 17 when this came out & this Canadian prairie girl (now coastal) has been making fried green tomatoes since! They are sooo delicious. 💛🍅 PS I love a movie that brings emotions. It's beautiful & I love seeing real tears. Never hold them back you two. It's precious. 😘

[@izzycohen9]

I have been SO EXCITED for this reaction. I grew up in the south too (Florida and South Carolina) and I miss it sometimes. I'm a DV survivor and one of my friends fought for me exactly like Idgie did. It's a little triggering but I still appreciate that scene so much. She was definitely Idgie. And I fully believe they cooked him up cause they had the cafe and it would have been a good way to otherwise dispose of the body in a way nobody could find back in the day. Evelyn is my favorite character because I see myself in her. From when I left my abuser in 2014 to now, my confidence has improved just as much as hers did. This movie always makes me cry no matter how many times I've watched it. It's also a book too, called "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe."

[@freddiegillespie_05]

I'm thrilled you had a friend to stand up for you when you needed it. But you're the one who walked out of there. She opened the door, but you walked through it. You have always been someone remarkable and strong. You wouldn't have survived otherwise.

[@DavidvsFilm]

Aww my sweet sweet friend! I love this comment. ♥️ Thank you for sharing this with Marc and me.

[@OzKitty]

Love this movie. It's one of my tissuebox movies. 1. Steel Magnolias 2. Fried Green Tomatoes 3. Beaches. All three are great friendship movies. Y'all watched the first two now you need to watch Beaches. Bette Milder was great in it.

[@anng7189]

I never understand the confusion of Idgie and Ninny. In the movie she tells Evelyn during their first conversation that she was married to Cleo Threadgoode, the older brother of Idgie and Buddy. Ninny admired her SIL, Idgie and seemed to live vicariously through that connection.

[@frankmahovlich5099]

"Oh waitress, please keep your fingers out of my sauce!" "Why sir, those aren't my fingers." Yum, yum. Eat 'em up. Ron & I love this movie; so happy to see that you & Marc did too. Am I correct in remembering when Kathy Bates wrapped herself in the plastic wrap, all her husband said was, "What? Leftovers again?" If you'd like to watch another fine movie starring young Chris O'Donnell where he is in it from beginning till end is 1995's Circle of Friends. Also stars Minnie Driver, Colin Firth & Alan Cumming. By the way, where are those Kleenexes I sent you??? 😢😭🥲😂🤣

[@DavidvsFilm]

Hahaha the fingers. And YES! We were caught completely off-guard! We thought this was a comedy!! Not ready for slinging snot :(

[@KatiesGoldenDust]

Awww I love this movie! I remember seeing parts of it on TV when I was a child, and got SO traumatized by the train scene. 😂 It really is a rollercoaster movie!

[@DavidvsFilm]

Hey you! You are right about that! Yowsuhs.

[@tinatidmore3809]

Fannie Flagg wrote the book based on the Irondale Cafe, located in Irondale, a suburb city of Birmingham, Ala. The Cafe was run by her great aunt. She said it was based on stories her great aunt told her. So it's not clear how much is true and told to her and how much is fiction. But, the train is a major feature of Irondale. The Cafe is right next to the tracks. However, this was filmed in Georgia. The Irondale Cafe really plays up the connection to the movie cafe, with movie paraphernalia all over. And you can buy a mix to fix their kind of fried green tomatoes.

[@andrea8130]

Oh my gosh, I love you guys and your absolutely wonderful reactions!! This movie's an old favorite of mine from when I was 19 and trying to figure things out, pouncing on any hint of representation. I wish it hadn't been so sanitized, but I understand why it was. The book is also fantastic and I HIGHLY recommend it. I haven't read it in a while, but I believe Fannie Flagg's fried green tomatoes recipe is in it, if you want movie-theme authenticity. 😊🍅

[@jeffking887]

Have you read the sequel: Wonderboy of Whistlestop? Not as good, but it’s fun to go back to Whistlestop for a bit.

[@andrea8130]

@@jeffking887 I haven't! I will definitely check it out! Thanks 😊

[@little_kawala_baby5761]

In the second book they rebuild the town and the whistle stop cafe. The books called "The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop"

[@sharonhoyt2133]

Thanks guys for the great reaction! If you've ever lived in the south it never leaves you. The book and movie written by Fannie Flagg was based on her aunt. Look it up. If you are really interested you can find the info. I'm a die hard Kathy Bates fan and in this movie all of the actors were stars IMO.

[@jeffking887]

Don’t worry about Idgie/Ninnie. The movie is really abbreviated version of the book. A lot of the really teary parts in the movie don’t appear in the book. It works as a movie just fine but others will disagree. I will say this, in the book, no one has to coerce Idgie to spend time with Ruth. Both the book and movie are favorites of mine. Thanks for the reaction.

[@tophers3756]

She isn't Idgie

[@cris_2374]

A guy cute me off at Walmart I yelled out of the window twanada! The guy stayed in car! 😂 I didn’t realize how powerful those words were until til then! 😂😂😂

[@DavidvsFilm]

Hahahaha that's awesome

[@whitneygregg5805]

I love this movie so much! Watched it so many times since I was a kid. I always get so excited when people react to it. Your alls reaction was great ❤😂

[@pamthompson5999]

When me and Mike got married, we put together a series of movie clips from our favorite films to entertain guests during our cocktail hour. Each one was labeled "Mike's pick" or "Pam's pick". He picked this film, but he had to add some extra captions to clarify that yes, they read correctly, it was HIS pick and no, it's not a chick flick because they kill a dude and BBQ him.

[@DavidvsFilm]

Ahhhhahaha ok that explains my initial confusion as well lol. Hilarious.

[@SeekingHisWill78]

My grandmother used to talk about going to the jumping off place! LOL How funny.

[@nikwalters1029]

Towanda!!! And now I'll watch the reaction 😂

[@DavidvsFilm]

Towanda! haha

[@laurenherda2415]

When I need a good cry I open a bottle of wine and put this film on, its so amazing I never get tired of it.

[@sabrinafrizzell6671]

On a side note. The sequel Idgir moved to Florida and ran a road side shop

[@williamjamesayers7719]

Fried Green Tomatoes is PHENOMENAL. A great movie with a great cast.

[@nofishinmydiet]

oh, wow. I haven't watched this movie in ages. I was a teenager in the mid nineties and my grandma and I would watch this movie about once a year and she would fry up fried green tomatoes and we'd eat and watch and cry together.

[@mariacavanaugh1010]

I love that you took a poll to re-review some films which "lost" in previous polls...🥰 Sometimes you find the gems!

[@DavidvsFilm]

You are so right about that!! This ended up being one of our favorite movies we’ve watched together.

[@louisadway1856]

This is one of mine and my mom's favorite movies. We live in Georgia and went to the actual Whistlestop Cafe in Juliette, GA. It's such a small little tiny area, but it was a fantastic trip.

[@tophers3756]

Mrs. Threadgoode isn't Idgie. Evelyn was asking if Idgie left the honey. Threadgoode gave details as to who she was, including saying in the beginning that she married one of Idgie's brothers.

[@HuntingViolets]

The stuntwoman who was supposed to do the bee scene quit and MSM volunteered to do the scene. She has bee hives on her property now but didn't get them till 2017.

[@Panik637]

Best not to argue about bbq, David’s right. That being said, I bet their bbq is better than just about anyone else’s, tastes like justice!

[@CJ77777]

The way I gasped when I saw this reaction pop up. I love this movie! Glad you enjoyed it. If you want some suggestions for polls, other great films I've seen are Men of Honor (based on a true story; Robert DeNiro), Awakenings (bots; Robin Williams), and August Rush 😍. The last one is super heartwarming.

[@dionysiacosmos]

Keep in mind y'all, for authentic Southern cooking, you need to use lard. The second best is Crisco. If olives grew in The Deep South, the cooking would be different. Local folks always go for whatever is plentiful and cheep. Lard or bacon grease were added boiled vegetables, or with something like okra it was battered or breaded and fried. Once I became more educated on nutrition, I seriously had to fight to get my mom to pull those things out of the pot for me before she added the heavy fats.

[@bkbff]

Ninny says she had a crush on Buddy at the beginning of the story, so it's clear that she isn't lying about being Idgie's sister-in-law, just like the book. It's easy to forget she says those things until you've watched it a million times like a lot of us have 😆

[@a.g.demada5263]

Also, she presented herself as " Mrs Cleo Threadgoode "

[@hannahpumpkins4359]

That café is in Mt. Juliet, GA. I went there in around 2009 and the food was delicious - especially the fried green tomatoes!

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thank you!! :)

[@bryanchase1127]

I do believe that the author of the book, Fannie Flagg played the red headed teacher in the class that Evelyn was in.

[@dawnburris6412]

“You need hormones, honey!” I can’t wait to watch this!! ❤😂

[@DavidvsFilm]

Hahahaha "How many of them hormones you taking??"

[@KrissyFace]

Other Loser Poll goodies…Grumpy Old Men and Poltergeist!!! Yes Please 😁

[@1pelicanmarsh]

It's been a while since you posted this. I just found you guys and LOVE you...wish I could hang out w/ you. Now to the movie, im not from the south but according to my best freind "im a yank and always will be" even tho I think id fit in there. so many comments I know all this has been said. there IS a town (Juliet, GA if im not mistaken). its about as big as the set. its 100% ACCURATE. there is the whistle stop restaurant. I was appalled at the thought of fried green tomatoes as in indiana as a kid im very familiar w/ what a green tomato was. Was disgusted but was with my SC freind and we ordered them (God-awful expensive) but LITERALLY one of hte best foods ive ever tasted!!!!! Was a muddy day and the street was mud. some souvenir shops....was maybe an hour from Macon GA (were we drove from) and literally held such charm. if you haven't seen "driving miss Daisy" you must as similar setting/theme. THANKS again and id attempt to be freinds but im a little too old=dont have instagram. Just love you guys! Greg

[@marieevelanoie8350]

One of my favourite movies! ❤ And it makes me laugh so much when Mark laughs every time you say what's up! 😅😅😅

[@DavidvsFilm]

Aww thank you! I’ll tell him.

[@cpierce1263]

I love this show!

[@Teenytinymia]

Me and my mom love this movie. This was like our rainy Saturday afternoon kind of movie. I was very young when I first saw it but it still resonated with me. My mom still makes them when she finds a nice green tomato. They're good with hot sauce lol.

[@DavidvsFilm]

That's awesome :) What a great memory. Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@claireallen4017]

Fried green tomatoes. The movie and the food. Are classics.

[@DavidvsFilm]

You know I never had ANY interest in those (or fried pickles), but I'm at that age where I've noticed my tastes changing, and now they sound really good. I'll have to try them.

[@theresashadwell9060]

I'm so excited I could bust laugh, cry, get mad this is the best can't wait to enjoy ya'lls reaction 🌹💗🔥

[@DavidvsFilm]

Aww awesome!! Yeah, this one was an instant favorite :)

[@theresashadwell9060]

@@DavidvsFilm sorry it made ya'll cry but I was too right along with you 🤣🍅

[@ChasingElle]

If you visit Juliet, GA you can still enjoy some Fried Green Tomatoes at THE Whistle Stop Cafe ❤

[@ashleighhapper5240]

One of my absolute favorite films of all time! Such a good story and fabulous performances by all! I had such a hard time picking between this and A League of Their Own on Patreon so I’m very happy this won the losers’ poll

[@DavidvsFilm]

Yeah! Same. I have yet to watch a movie for the channel that I didn’t enjoy on some level, but these really are the ones (this one, Steel Magnolias) we both have so much fun watching. I wish Marc had been able to watch A League of Their Own. He would have liked it.

[@ashleighhapper5240]

Oh also, the reason why Mary Stuart Masterson did that stunt with the bees was because the stunt double quit and they didn't have time to find a replacement@@DavidvsFilm

[@prointraining1]

Fun fact: the majority of this film was filmed in Ga and any movie that "takes place in Alabama" is mostly filmed in Ga no matter the year. The whistle stop cafe is still up and running in whistle stop ga not too far from where i grew up and no i never ate the bbq😅

[@eddietucker7005]

Good Lord, I’ve fried so many green tomatoes I can’t count them all. Sometimes when I didn’t go to work in the fields or hauling’ hay, I’d be at home frying some up with some gravy. Of course I had to make some powdered sugar tea to cool ‘em off. I’d rather do that. I was too little. So I had to go get my hardship drivers license at age 12 so I could drive ‘em around when it was too heavy to carry. So momma gave up when I was about 17, realizing I wasn’t made to be working out where snakes would keep popping their heads out of bails of hay. I was better off and out of the way if I stayed home to cook and try to plan an escape. I didn’t get to go nowhere because everybody had a gun and itchy trigger fingers. What one has to do to survive, well… THAT secrets in the sauce too!

[@joellenglass2344]

Okay so I’m literally cooking Fried Green Tomatoes right now. I LOVE THIS MOVIE!

[@raramonty5217]

The bee scene the stunt double quit that day so yes Mary Stewart Materson really does the bee scene.🐝

[@DavidvsFilm]

What??? Give that girl a bonus!!!

[@DR-mq1vn]

Excellent movie! Always makes me cry.

[@mariaghiglieri78]

Love watching you two see this movie! You both are such great reactors! Would love to be able to sit in the yard and have some peach tea with y’all!

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thank you so much!!! That sounds like the perfect afternoon!

[@megdelaney3677]

LOVE this movie! Wish it had been clearer about Ruth & Idgie in the movie, like in the book.

[@djay1066]

OMG I was so happy to see that you were reacting to this. I knew at least one of you would cry.

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thank you!! :) Ohhhh yes. Like I said in the reaction, Nobody does death like Mary Louise Parker. I cryyyyy like a baby at the end of Boys on the Side.

[@rebeccas79]

Fannie Flagg (author of the novel that was adapted to this movie) wrote a sequel novel that explains that Ninnie is not Iggy. You should read it. And, yes, the town of Juliette, Georgia was left the set of this movie and it's a great destination for a day trip. thank you for a great review.

[@ItsMursha]

It's always a good Monday when we get a new David vs. Film video ;)

[@DavidvsFilm]

Shut your wonderful mouth! Thank you :) AND, now that I'm done with all my editing, time to go enjoy MY Monday by watching your Hairspray video ♥️

[@brian52763]

The woman conducting the class where they were going to "look at their vaginas" is Fanny Flagg, the writer of the book that this is based on!

[@DavidvsFilm]

Whhhhhaaaaattttt??????? Thank you!! See, these are EXACTLY the kind of comments I love. I'm a sucker for trivia.

[@LizzieJaneBennet]

No way !! 😃 Thanks for letting us know.

[@battlegirldeb]

That's not Fanny Flagg. Fanny is the first class we see Evelyn in at the beginning of the movie. I'm a big Fanny Flagg fan from her days Match Game TV Show from the 70's before she started writing books.

[@ludovicoc7046]

Marc should be drinking sweet tea because he looks like a real sweetie. 😊

[@janabraam7963]

In the South, an insult followed by "bless their heart, makes it less severe & acceptable, somehow. I still call the refrigerator the "ice box". The lady running the first class Evelyn went to, before she wraps herself up in Saran Wrap, is Fannie Flagg, who wrote the book, "Fried Green Tomatoes". Mary Stuart Masterson's stunt double quit when she learned of the bee hive scene, so Mary did the scene herself. At the beginning of the movie Mrs. Threadgoode told Evelyn that she married Idgie's older brother, which means she is not Idgie. This is such a great movie with a superb cast! I give it a 5 out of 5 as well. Great reaction!! BTW- There is a recipe in the book.

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

In the book Idgie and Mrs. Threadgoode are not the same person. She is Idgie's sister-in-law which she does mention at the beginning of the movie. And in the book Idgie and Ruth are a couple but it's never said out loud. You both held it together pretty well. This is the one the broke Ashleigh Burton.

[@baskervillebee6097]

"I'm older and have better insurance. "

[@BrittanyHolcomb1]

Go to Juliette, GA. Its where the movie was filmed and the Whistle Stop Cafe is still running.

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thanks! I'd love that, actually.

[@BostonMarcus]

The movie leads you to believe Ninny is Idgie, but in the book, they are two separate characters. Ninny's husband, Idgie's brother, Cleo, was also a character in the book.

[@philipholder5600]

The old lady isn't Idgy. She married Idgy's brother. She meant Idgy was still alive.

[@SeekingHisWill78]

Uh, didn't Idgie's brother get killed by the train at the very beginning?

[@evelynne2846]

Yes Mrs. Threadgood was Idgy. One of my favorite movies. Thank you for taking a chance on this movie. Another great movie that gets little attention is The FIsher King starring Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams. And Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri starring Frances McDormand (Oscar), Sam Rockwell (Oscar) and Woody Harrelson (Oscar nominated).

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thank you so much! Those are two great recommendations- I especially have been wanting to watch Three Billboards. Thanks again :)

[@goldieschooch8512]

Really loved your reaction! I subscribed today… Also I think you have a Goose Creek Candle burning in front of you & I think it The Scent “Snow Covered Cranberries” ✌🏻☀️

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thank you so much for the subscribe and kind words!! Oh and while we do LOVE us some Goose Creek Candles, that particular one in the video is actually a Bath & Body Works candle called Cereal & Cartoons ;)

[@goldieschooch8512]

@@DavidvsFilm lol 😂 good to know🕯️…see ya at the movies 🍿

[@finnmccool2851]

This is such a great movie! Thanks for reacting to it! Another great movie that gave me the laughing/crying feels is "Second Hand Lions" with Robert Duvall, Michael Caine and Haley Joel Osment. It's also set in Texas which is your neck of the woods I think? Would love to see what you think of it! ❤

[@jordans.7624]

That's such a great suggestion!

[@rhondahandley9595]

Whistle Stop Cafe in Irondale, Al was near where the author Fannie Flagg lived, was a "weather girl" on WBRC. Find a video of her talking about that! Funny as heck😂😂

[@christypriest30]

They kept calling the woman in the retirement home Mrs Threadgood and in the beginning we were told that Idgie Threadgood

[@witchfromthenorth5294]

I love this movie! I have not seen it in many years - but like a thousand through my teenage years ❤️❤️❤️

[@DavidvsFilm]

Haha you've seen everything! I love it.

[@witchfromthenorth5294]

@@DavidvsFilmi had no life and no social life as a teen 😂😂😂

[@Me-wk3ix]

So glad you guys are doing this one, thank you!

[@christypriest30]

There is still a Whistlestop cafe in north Georgia.

[@80z05]

Your title made me laugh, then click on this reaction. Ta. 💌

[@bethcushway458]

Wow boys what a beautiful reaction 🥰 I was totally obsessed with this film as a teenager. It was part of that wave of media/arts in the 90's that showed women as strong and independent and it was an absolute revelation to me. You've got a new sub❤️

[@DavidvsFilm]

Thank you so much!!! We are so happy you are joining the party :) This was such a beautiful film. Loved loved it

[@bethcushway458]

@@DavidvsFilm thank you! I've been binging your reactions already ❤️

[@barryscott8041]

I saw this movie in the theater with my wife at it's opening. It was a big hit! Everyone loved it and understood what it all meant; Life events tell the story. Love transcends all things, gay or not gay. .....You'll hear about the controversy, Is Idgie really Ninny? Despite whatever line about Cleo, Idgie Threadgood is and forever will be Ninny. The old lady's telling the story of her life. Think about it.....She knows all these intimate details of Idgie's life with Ruth, all these things, yet there's no sign of any "Ninny" around in any flashbacks. The old lady tells too much and knows too much ....She is telling her own Story. That note on the grave at the end is freshly inked, and the wink/wink is there for a reason.

[@DavidvsFilm]

Exactly!!