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THELMA & LOUISE has to be regarded as a pure 90s classic that brought up a considerable amount of risk in creating a first-person feminist formula into a mainstream movie, which is often missing. It pulls off fantastically true in form, with the exceptional Southern character talents of the two lady fugitives on the run, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, who may stand out as memorable on the silver screen. Let's not forget that silly truck driver they pass quite often, and of course, cowboy Brad Pitt as a young student. While not needed to be fully reliant on action substances like gunshooting, there is good chemistry within its grasp. Every single minute should not be wasteful, as plenty of refreshing outbursts of enjoyment outweighs the familiar old plot of evading the police. The ending is a definite eye catcher, and also the riskiest ever filmed! Beware of this rip-off called GOOD GIRLS DON'T, another poor B-movie with no redeeming quality. Satisfyingly original, and highly recommended!

I saw this film in the cinema in 1991 with 2 girlfriends and we were blown away by it. We were students living in Europe and we decided on the spot that we would one day make that road trip in that ultra cool car and that we would kick ass like Thelma and Louise. But without the drama, please.

More than 30 years later these girls have long disappeared from my life and we never made that trip. But watching this film again after many years certainly brought back memories.

It is now difficult to imagine how groundbreaking this film was. A road movie about two women, real women with real feelings and real, flawed characters. Men behaving badly in ways that were sadly recognisable for a lot of women. These women taking their fate in their own hands and coming to life as they break away from their boring, restricted existence . It was so refreshing. I remember that at the time Ridley Scott said that it was good that a film about women, with a script written by a woman was directed by a man, to balance things out. Imagine anybody making that argument about the gazillions of films that have been made without the involvement of a single woman in a key role. That's how groundbreaking this film was.

So many years later this film still holds up well. It is a pleasure to watch Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis act together and to see these women evolve as the story unfolds. They make some pretty awful decisions but they remain real and relatable characters. The story balances drama (the near-rape, Louise and Jim's farewell) and comedy (the robbery, the trucker, JD jumping on the bed) very well. Most of the man are cartoon villains, in that sense the film shows its age and limitations. But the sexism and brutality they represent is sadly still very present today.

And after watching this film again, that road trip in a convertible in the Southwest US has jumped to the top of my list again. Just wow!

Good movie with an intriguing plot with some twists which makes the movie better. It's not one of those drama movies were certain parts of the plot just drag along; all of the scenes are good, well except for the sex scenes which I found unnecessary. It has some really funny and also some serious moments which is a good mix. The characters of Thelma and Louise where well portrayed which makes you root for them. To be honest, if this movie was released today it would receive more controversy as people might think it offends men, but for me as a man I wasn't offended by it much.

This is a story of a two women who went for a short trip to get out of an everyday senselessness and ended up in a thrill.

At the beginning Thelma is somewhat naive housewife, open and vulnerable like a child. Which is not particularly surprising since she spends most of her life at home and her relationship with her husband (Darryl) is akin more to that of between a growing teenage daughter and father than between a couple. The way she sneaks out of the house, not daring to tell Darryl about her trip, leaving a note instead and the way Darryl reacts when he learns about adventures of Thelma are good illustrations of the nature of their relationship.

Although most of the movie, Thelma and Louise are running from immanent danger, they are more free then ever in their lives.

At the end of the movie Thelma and Louise, both confess that they feel like having awoken. What have they awoken from? Maybe they have awoken from a dream which they did not even knew was a dream and now that they have awoken, they not only understand that it was only a dream but a nightmare too. It was a dream of structured lives, of everyday routine, of boundaries and limits, of life's purpose, of American dream...

Of all the films that celebrate women empowerment, Thelma & Louise has earned its place as one of the very best. Susan Sarandon is as tough as it gets, and she's an excellent leader to her floundering, spineless girlfriend Geena Davis. The two girls start off just having a weekend getaway, and Geena has to sneak out of the house from her oppressive husband. Their girls' road trip is full of surprises, but ironically (or perhaps purposely) the events that change their lives center around men. Geena gets too friendly with a man at a nightclub, and Susan's reaction leads them past the point of no return. Later, they pick up an attractive hitchhiker (a very young Brad Pitt) but even that has consequences.

Obviously, this isn't a movie that's supposed to teach girls how to behave. But it will definitely fill you with tons of empowerment. You'll burn your bra, throw away your razor, and join the war against men! Or maybe you'll just enjoy this iconic drama and take the "life lessons" with a grain of salt. If you've never seen it before, there's only one rule: you have to watch it with your best friend.

Kiddy Warning: Obviously, you have control over your own children. However, due to violence, language, and sexual assault, I wouldn't let my kids watch it.

Wow that guy Ridley Scott can make really great movies. This is maybe the most iconic women duo on film ever. Cast is just amazing and soundtrack is unbelievably awesome. Very important movie for that time and today because it shows how are women treated in this world. I feel like that theme isn't forced in Thelma and Louise unlike most of the films nowadays.

Louise (Susan Sarandon) is a diner waitress. She takes her friend housewife Thelma (Geena Davis) to a nice quiet cabin that belongs to her manager. When a slick cowboy tries to violently rape Thelma at a truck stop, Louise takes matters into her own hands. This sets off a chain of events that ends with the iconic leap over the cliff.

This is a road trip through the beer-swilling football-watching truck-loving underclass of the American south. Director Ridley Scott expertly films the action and the landscape. Davis and Sarandon provide the chemistry. It's a dark take on the traditional buddy road movie. Harvey Keitel plays the police detective Hal investigating the murder. It has since become notable for Brad Pitt's big breakout role as the hustler JD.

There is some action but it's not a big action movie. This is really a buddy movie between the girls. Their friendship is where the big action is. There are slow sections in this movie. But the superior actors make it worthwhile. And Geena Davis has some hilarious moments.

A pair of bored thirty something friends decide on a girl's weekend and in that time become the most wanted women in America. Not that bedding either Susan Sarandon or Geena Davis hasn't got its delightful aspects, but that's not the kind of wanted I'm talking about.

The film is shot in some of the reddest part of red state America where gender roles and rules are laid down real specific and you don't cross them. Just these two women going out without husband or significant other partner of the opposite sex means they're loose and available.

So when alpha male Timothy Carhart decides after some line dancing at a county honky-tonk that Geena's hot to trot, he decides to do something about it in the parking lot. And if she resists he certainly knows how to bring her in line. But when Sarandon pulls a gun on him he backs down very reluctantly. In fact Carhart's defiant attitude and assumed male superiority snaps something in Sarandon and she blows him away on general principles. After that they're on the run.

Sarandon and Davis work beautifully together in Thelma&Louise. Close friends before the homicide takes place, they learn a lot about each other on the journey. They air out finally the way they feel women have been treated in their part of the country. Though I wouldn't recommend women act out quite the way they do, the film remains a great feminist manifesto.

Harvey Keitel does a fine job as a caring police officer who wants to bring them in with no problems and before they run up a real criminal record. Christopher McDonald and Michael Madsen are the men in their lives, both in their different ways clueless as to what is going on inside Thelma&Louise. Just the fact they wanted a girl's vacation should have lit up some bulb.

McDonald, Madsen are just two of the men these two get to degrade and humiliate on their merry race with destiny. One however that gets the better of them is Brad Pitt in his breakthrough role as a young cowboy they find hitchhiking and give a lift to. Despite their new found feminism, Sarandon and Davis are still quite vulnerable in some areas, as are we all.

Callie Khouri won an Oscar for Best Screenplay written directly for the screen. Thelma&Louise got five other nominations including for both Sarandon and Davis for Best Actress. They split the balloting as is what usually happens and Jodie Foster took her second Oscar home for Silence Of The Lambs.

Thelma&Louise is destined to be a classic and a feminist manifesto for generations.

My Rating : 8/10

Ridley Scott is incredible! He can make a movie from ever genre possible and turn it into a masterpiece.

'Thelma & Louise' is packed with drama, action, humour, suspense and is a helluva ride.

Well-paced and clever. It's exciting to watch and I absolutely loved the adventure that the friendship of Thelma & Louise takes us on! Highly Recommended!

I avoided Thelma & Louise during its original release, it just didn't seem like something I'd be into. Well, many years later I decided to check it out and am very happy I did. I've always basically liked Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, but in this film they both truly shine and play off one another so well, it's hard not to imagine them as being true lifelong friends. Their adventures and misadventures through good times and bad is thoroughly fun and entertaining. Most of these road trip films are male dominated but these two ladies showed us the other side of that coin and did so with great aplomb. Some of it feels just a pinch dated, but that in no way detracts from all that is good about Thelma & Louise and it is very much worth checking out.

This is more than just a two hour movie where you sit and watch and be entertained. This movie challenges your psychological corner of your brain. Would you just cut your losses and return to the civilized world and be punished or would you defy the sane world where you were part of only yesterday and go on unchartered territory which could mean point of no return? My advice is go watch this movie now.

A feminist manifesto. So many bitter truths. Not being able to report an attempted rape because they won't be believed. The rape that Sarandon's character carries inside her for the rest of her life. The abusive, self-important, controlling husband. The ridiculous harassment out on the road. The film went from 0 to dark mighty quickly out in that parking lot, which is an extraordinary moment. Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon are brilliant in this, and Brad Pitt's breakout role is memorable as well. The film goes a little awry at times e.g. The Jamaican bicyclist smoking pot (ugh), but it shines in its quieter moments, such as when Sarandon's character catches the eye of two old women looking despondently out the window. In addition to the beautiful relationship the two main characters have, the one that Sarandon has with her boyfriend (Michael Madsen) is a nice touch. Loved the beautiful wide open spaces too. Not a perfect film, but iconic and meaningful.

All these years I thought I had seen this movie. I clearly haven't, I have no idea where I got these false Thelma & Louise memories from.

This movie broke my heart, I had no idea where it was going. For like twenty years I thought it was about two women who robbed banks. I was so wrong and I'm happy for it, this is an amazing film.

I really hope Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon were up for awards after this came out because they're phenomenal. Geena Davis blew me away, she gives such a powerhouse perfomance. And I'd be lying if I said the ending didn't make me tear up

Just watch it if you haven't, it's amazing.

Very good movie, I watched it last night when I had a big meltdown. It has been proven time and time again that men are unreliable and that men are all liars. Although there is a male character in the film who wants to help women, he does nothing in the end and even indirectly harms women. Because of his experience in Texas, Louis knew that no one would believe him. Women are not believed in the system and have to run away all the time because this is no place for a woman. Can the police offer better terms? No. So if you want to run away, you would rather die than be hunted. The language of the film's shots is also very expressive. This movie made me love movies again at a time when I was almost completely disappointed with them.

Everybody here tells how feminist this movie is, but I see it in a different way. There is no "Girl power" or anything of that kind, it's just a story about two women. Male characters are not distorted as they are in modern real feminist movies like Birds of Prey. Harvey Keitel played a surprisingly good cop. I expected him to be a typical maniac-like policeman who would use any means to catch usual criminals as though they are the most wanted in the whole world. Main characters' husband and boyfriend are not typical oppressors either. Thelma's husband is a frequent type who wants his wife to stay at home while he's at work. He also makes Thelma more motivated to do what she does further in the film, since she's bored with her daily routine. Louise's boyfriend is a type of guys who is tough outside but sensitive inside. Harlan and J. D. are just criminals who make the story develop. The only odd male character is the policeman who stops the two women on the road. He could be made less freaky.

Thelma & Louise seems like an analogue of Bonnie & Clyde but with several differences. It's about two women rather than man and woman, and they begin their criminal "career" accidentally rather than intentionally and at first, they just want to escape from the punishment. Speaking of the screenplay, it's magnificent, everything works just perfect. All the characters look so real and good written, as well as the story itself. The screenwriter really deserved her Oscar. Directing and cinematography are great either. And of course, the cast, especially the two leading actresses. The ending which some people don't like is fine for me. Though some people say it look unnatural that after all this running away they just commit suicide, it doesn't look that odd. Look at Thelma at the beginning and in the end of the movie, for instance. She doesn't look like robbing stores and assaulting people in the first part of the movie, but she does so later. So if the creators decided to make this ending, I don't object.

Thelma and Louise, though not a masterpiece, is one of the best popcorn films of the early 1990s, and definitely a cultural landmark in its integration of a blockbuster road movie with feminist concerns. It combines excellent performances by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon with the excellent cinematography that one would expect from director Ridley Scott.

Perhaps the most effective aspect of the film is the performances by Davis and Sarandon. Sarandon is effective as Louise, giving the right balance of grittiness and vulnerability. However, although Sarandon is the one typically seen as the acclaimed actress, it is arguably Davis's performance that is the more memorable. She makes her character's transformation from repressed housewife to rebel actually believable. Thelma's initial dottiness translates all too well into her later recklessness. Davis's performance is multi-layered, making it open to question whether Thelma's transformation is liberation, or a type of mental collapse brought about by years of grinding boredom as a housewife.

Furthermore, Scott brings his typical aplomb to the direction, with beautiful cinematography that captures the American West. He is adapt at presenting his flawed characters in a sympathetic fashion, retaining the audience's support even as they grow increasingly violent.

However, the film has some definite flaws. As many people have already mentioned, the depiction of some of the male characters is definitely one dimensional, although this serves as much as comic relief as male bashing. More importantly, the film's tone is inconsistent, with at times jarring shifts from the comic to the serious. The film cannot decide until the last ten minutes or so whether it wants to be an action comedy or a feminist tract.

It is worth considering, on the other hand, whether the film would have made as much of an impact without these flaws. Had it gone down the path of a straight feminist drama, it probably would have been confined to art house theaters.

I just recently viewed the film Thelma and Louise, and found it to be an excellent film. I loved how the main characters were women. They were very strong and independent and it made us females look good. The movie was a combination of many types of genres. It was action packed, with drama, and love. The plot was great and kept me on the edge of my seat. I felt that it was a little long and drawn out at the end, but all in all it was a good film. I would definitely go see Thelma and Louise again because it was a very good film. The women were also very funny and I found myself relating to them very often. This movie makes me proud to be a woman.

I've read all the reviews comparing it to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", and I can see a mild similarity. It's about two fugitives, people on the run, who keep getting themselves into one mess after another.

I don't think of this as a feminist chick flick, but a story of two women who deal with things that have happened to them in the best way they can. Geena Davis as Thelma, does a very good performance, as a meek woman with an overbearing husband, who finds herself with newfound freedom, albeit quite naive and trusting, even after what happened to her.

Susan Sarandon shines in this movie as well as Louise, a woman with a boyfriend who turns out to be not so bad of a guy. She also has a past to overcome, and the two of them are drawn together by the events that happen on the run.

Brad Pitt had a great performance as a smooth operator con-man, as well.

The ending, its very European. I'm writing a dutch movie about two woman. It's kind of difficult to be in the mind of a woman. It helped me to understand certain kind of things, thoughts. Funny is that Brad Pitt is in the movie, it was a surprise for me. I recommend this movie to women and men. If men feel "bashed" then you watched the right kind of movie and you have to change your life. Good story. Good structure. Good ending and above all emotional moving. Its the first time that I write a comment on a movie and for me (writing in English), I live in Amsterdam, its difficult to write ten lines (which is the minimum length). However, watch this movie!! Robert.