A Southern housewife finds inspiration in the enduring, bittersweet tale of two women's love and hardship.
Melancholy and nostalgic, with wholesome humor. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on YouTube (free).
It stays inside its PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
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Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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