Still compelling and inspiring after all these years.
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05/07/08
Thelma & Louise (1991)
90 %
Reviews Counted: 42 Fresh: 38 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Synopsis: Fed up with her boyfriend (Michael Madsen), live-wire Arkansas waitress Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon) persuades her friend Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis), a naive housewife burdened with a negligent, sexist husband (Christopher McDonald), to hit the road with her for a weekend of... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Christopher McDonald, Brad Pitt
Reviews
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The climax is truly shattering -- but a fitting end to a film that trades in intelligence as much as it does in style.
05/07/08
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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.
06/24/06
Top Critic
Sarandon and Davis bring a lot of unpredictable verve and nuance to their parts.
05/07/08
Even those who don't rally to pic's fed-up feminist outcry will take to its comedy, momentum and dazzling visuals.
05/07/08
Top Critic
Scott seems most at home when shooting the exterior scenes on the desert highways, using the area as both inviting and deadly. It's still a great film.
05/26/06
Ridley Scott does a pretty good job of showing how much cooler it is to be an outlaw than a waitress or a harried wife.
12/06/05
What sets Thelma & Louise aside from the great central tradition of the road picture is that the heroes are women this time.
10/23/04
Top Critic
Super-charged, Amazonian feminism hijacks the caper, buddy, revenge, and road trip genres. One hell of a ride.
08/08/04
A deep and dangerous drama about two incredibly lonely women whose dreary lives are made brighter only through their companionship and self-reliance.
07/20/04
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A rousing road movie about the journey of self-discovery of two women
07/19/03
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