Thelma & Louise

Name: Thelma & Louise
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: May 24, 1991
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 88
Cast: Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon

1991

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: May 24, 1991 | R

Starring: Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon

Summary: Director Ridley Scott's infamous feminist road movie.

Director: Ridley Scott

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 130 min

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Elvis Mitchell

It reimagines the buddy film with such freshness and vigor that the genre seems positively new.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

This is a movie to love, that touches you in places you never suspected, that shows you that the road less traveled is the road to your dreams. Read full review

Peter Travers

Begins like an episode of "I Love Lucy" and ends with the impact of "Easy Rider." Read full review

Jack Kroll

Sarandon and Davis give superb, wonderfully interactive performances: funky, fierce, funny and poignant. [27 May 1991]

Rita Kempley

It spins its wheels in a giddy sort of way, then puts the pedal to the mettle, lays rubber and fairly takes wing. Read full review

Brad Laidman

Grade A propaganda of the first order. Read full review

Terrence Rafferty

It's a pretty shameless outlaw fantasy; the feminist justification that the script provides for the heroines' behavior doesn't make their actions any less preposterous. Read full review

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bdjude

Jan 6, 2018

It's a very strange plot to many other movies. No flaws in the run and it's a mare life journey than a drama. The psychological aspect of the story is in the ubiquitous form in many families especially in US.It has addressed a flaw in basic human nature. By and by, brilliant movie making andIt's a very strange plot to many other movies. No flaws in the run and it's a mare life journey than a drama. The psychological aspect of the story is in the ubiquitous form in many families especially in US.It has addressed a flaw in basic human nature. By and by, brilliant movie making and sad the movies had an underrated score.… Expand

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FilmClub

Mar 26, 2016

Thelma & Louise is a thumpingly adventurous road pic about two regular gals who shoot down a would-be rapist and wind up on the lam in their 1966 T-bird. Even those who don’t rally to pic’s fed-up feminist outcry will take to its comedy, momentum and dazzling visuals.

Arkansas housewifeThelma & Louise is a thumpingly adventurous road pic about two regular gals who shoot down a would-be rapist and wind up on the lam in their 1966 T-bird. Even those who don’t rally to pic’s fed-up feminist outcry will take to its comedy, momentum and dazzling visuals.

Arkansas housewife Thelma (Geena Davis) and waitress Louise (Susan Sarandon) set out for a weekend fishing trip away from the drudgery of their lives and the indifference of their men; they stop at a roadside honkytonk to blow off steam, and things turn ugly. A guy tries to rape Thelma; Louise can’t take it so she plugs the creep with a .38. Then they hit the highway, dazed and in trouble.

Sarandon is the big sister, more feminine, more focused, smoldering with a quiet determination. Davis is more loosely wrapped; she goes with the flow, follows her whims into trouble. The journey into recklessness is exhilarating, which gives the film its buoyant pull. In an indelible final image, it maintains the sense of reckless exhilaration to the end.

Despite some delectably funny scenes between the sexes, Ridley Scott’s pic isn’t about women vs men. It’s about freedom, like any good road picture. In that sense, and in many others, it’s a classic.… Expand

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MovieGuys

Apr 5, 2014

Thelma & Louise is an acceptable road movie from director Ridley Scott. Although it might start off a little slow, the action and thrills pick up by the end, ands the messages about friendship and feminism are well-received.

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MrScallops

Jul 8, 2019

One of the iconic buddy films of the 20th century, Thelma & Louise is a visually stunning feminist feature with great characters and an addicting plot.

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DanBotterill

Oct 11, 2014

The film received lots of criticism from those who though it to be ‘male-bashing’ and that men were represented unfairly. I believe this to be true with Hal seemingly being the only decent male role in the film. But personally what I love about the film is that it IS male bashing; it makesThe film received lots of criticism from those who though it to be ‘male-bashing’ and that men were represented unfairly. I believe this to be true with Hal seemingly being the only decent male role in the film. But personally what I love about the film is that it IS male bashing; it makes its point in precisely this way. Depictions of women are almost always negative and seen as inferior to men in most films. So if you find this film offensive to men then, metaphorically, grow a pair and man up.… Expand

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amheretojudge

Jul 7, 2018

breeds an essential and irrevocable fatal decision..

Thelma And Louise 3 And A Half Out Of 5 Thelma And Louise is a character driven feature about an adventure gone wrong that eventually is undeniably right. The chemistry among the lead characters might be and is the heart of the featurebreeds an essential and irrevocable fatal decision..

Thelma And Louise

3 And A Half Out Of 5

Thelma And Louise is a character driven feature about an adventure gone wrong that eventually is undeniably right. The chemistry among the lead characters might be and is the heart of the feature but its the rest of the part that gives it an appropriate kick to punch it on the correct lane. It may be short on technical aspects like background score and art design, but has an amazing cinematography and perfect editing on its favor.

As mentioned, the camera work is beautiful with amazing visuals and places where it is shot, that makes it immensely pleasing to encounter and demands attention through it. The script by Callie Khouri is smart, adaptive, gripping and thought-provoking where it may not allow the audience to work for it as the most of the past is served beforehand, but still keeps them tangled and engaged in it. Ridley Scott; the director, delivers his expected magic on screen and he is on his A game in here, withholding the viewers frame-to-frame. The performance objective is scored majestically by the lead actors Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in their parallel role and is supported decently by Harvey Keitel and Brad Pitt. Thelma And Louise breeds an essential and irrevocable fatal decision that actually is way ahead of its time and equally accurate too.… Expand

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ajr9876543

May 15, 2011

Piece of crap, as entertainment it is not in fact "pretty darn good", maybe if you're a dullard. A lame film trying to show some strong female characters that fails miserably and is a sad inferior version of several other, better movies with male stars.

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