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Thelma & Louise

1991

Ridley Scott

Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen ...

7.2

43,528

Drama 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 freedom. One of their first stops is a bar where the women relax, dance, and flirt with some of the locals. But the situation turns ugly when one man (Timothy ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"What sets 'Thelma & Louise' aside from the great central tradition of the road picture is that the heroes are women this time (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The movie offers vignettes that are comic, tragic and surreal (...) This wincingly funny, pertinent and heartbreaking road movie means to get under your skin, and it does."
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"It reimagines the buddy film with such freshness and vigor that the genre seems positively new. It discovers unexpected resources in both its stars"
		Philip French The Guardian	"Masterly (...) It's a film that appeals to the outlaw in all of us"
		Matt Brown Screen Anarchy	"Far from 'getting old', it's the rare film of its vintage that seems fresher every time I watch it"
		Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"This is Scott's best film since 'Blade Runner'. Known for his artistry, he turns a movie into a symphony for the eye."
		Kathleen Carroll New York Daily News	"Davis and Sarandon are so appealingly candid and natural, one roots for them all the way (...) The windup is unforgettable"
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"One of his better pictures after 'Blade Runner', and Sarandon and Davis bring a lot of unpredictable verve and nuance to their parts."
		Angie Errigo Empire	"A genuine must-see (...) for Scott's breathless, epic realisation of a smart, funny script (...) Still compelling and inspiring after all these years (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A masterclass in narrative and character development (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Time Out	"Directing with blistering energy, Scott delivers the goods (...) Khouri's script is nevertheless simplistic in the way it reduces many of the men to stereotypes"
		Keith Phipps AV Club	"The film has lost none of its power (...) A gripping, moving buddy movie (...) A subversively buoyant piece of entertainment"

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