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Thelma & Louise (1991)

Director: Ridley Scott

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From Time Out Film Guide

Leaving her husband a meal in the microwave, Thelma (Davis) sets off with her friend Louise (Sarandon) for a weekend holiday. But at their first stop, Thelma is nearly raped outside a bar; Louise shoots and kills the man. Gone is the carefree mood, and their destination is now Mexico. Along the way, the pistol-packing fugitives become ever bolder, robbing a convenience store, shooting up a leering driver's truck, and locking a cop in his car boot. Directing with blistering energy, Scott delivers the goods, while Sarandon and Davis, together with sympathetic cop Keitel, are acutely convincing throughout the deepening chaos. Callie Khouri's script is nevertheless simplistic in the way it reduces many of the men to stereotypes, while the women gain strength less through self-knowledge than through the American gun laws. Ultimately, this road movie calls on too many knee-jerk reactions: its shocking and funny scenes rely squarely on role reversals within a traditionally male genre.

Author: CM 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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  • John Cooper said...
    Posted on Aug 11 2007 13:14 Entertaining but ultimately the subject is that of an older woman manipulating a younger prettier one. Is hailed by some feminists, but I hail it for some really nice shots of Geena Davis' ass. . . I agree, rape is a really bad thing . . . but you don't shoot people just because they're shouting at you. At base , a morally
    irresponsible film, but on a surrface level it hits a few targets.
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  • katie said...
    Posted on Aug 03 2007 02:07 good fun, actually hilarious, but unbelievable even in gun-mad America. Only really beautiful scene comes at the end. Who wouldn't choose to go out in grand style in the Grand Canyon! go girls, go.
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Cast & crew

Director: Ridley Scott

Producer: Ridley Scott, Mimi Polk

Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brad Pitt full cast

Genre(s): Drama

Duration: 129 mins

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