i happen to catch this movie on late night tv . i saw the opening credit and think this look good . well i be very wrong . while not excruciatingly bad ( it have some funny and tender moment ) it lack any sense of cohesion . it start off well enough with kathy batescharacter have a midlife crisis of sort when her husband leave her and her singing idol be murder . but kathy have play these disaffected woman so well before think fry green tomato . the problem wasn not kathy and it be the clueless screenplay that wander all over the place . it be a if the writer must have be think what will we do next . the script also felt very contrive . some others who have post comment on this movie have wonder why it do not receive a cinematic release . the main reason i think would have be to avoid embarrassment and the critic would have murder it . have say all that i think the small woman who play maudie be fantastic and steal the movie and not to mention how beautiful she be .