- Release Date: 1991
- Runtime: 129 min
- Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Starring: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen ... see all
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Plot: Louise is working in a fast food restaurant as a waitress and has some problems with her friend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. Thelma is... Read more
User Reviews
Almost perfect road movie about two women on the run
May 02, 2006
Dave - imdb.com
May 02, 2006Dave - imdb.com
Thelma and Louise is a rarity. It is a buddy movie about two women, and it is one of the best road movies to ever grace the screen.Louise (Susan Sarandon) and Thelma (Gina Davis) are two friends who plan a... Full review
Still great
Apr 10, 2006
Spuzzlightyear - imdb.com
Apr 10, 2006Spuzzlightyear - imdb.com
You have to give it up for a movie that casts Michael Madsen as pretty much the only sane guy in existence. Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) go off from their banal existences to a trip that heads... Full review
Excellent, painful and beautiful
Mar 12, 2005
Emma - imdb.com
Mar 12, 2005Emma - imdb.com
I'll always love this film... It's one of my favorites. It touches you, it move you and makes you want to scream and shout, cry and laugh. Ridley Scott is a great director, and it was this film that really... Full review
A Must-See
Jun 14, 2004
sparklecat - imdb.com
Jun 14, 2004sparklecat - imdb.com
"Thelma and Louise" made a huge splash when it was released and has since become a part of the pop culture lexicon. In it, a mistreated housewife and harried waitress stumble into an out-of-control - but totally liberating - crime... Full review
Is it anti-male?
May 03, 2004
s3019653 - imdb.com
May 03, 2004s3019653 - imdb.com
A lot of people have dubbed this as a "chick flick" but I do not really like that term as it implies that men cannot enjoy watching it. Alien had a female lead and had parts that were sad but... Full review
Somebody said get a life. so they did!
Apr 10, 2003
Old Joe - imdb.com
Apr 10, 2003Old Joe - imdb.com
For many years now, women have taken power into their own hands. So I am sure the women that campaigned for freedom and liberty, would have loved the movie, 'Thelma and Louise'. The tradition of the American road trip is... Full review
car emptiness...
Mar 13, 2003
dbdumonteil - imdb.com
Mar 13, 2003dbdumonteil - imdb.com
Through his career, Ridley Scott was an eclectic film-maker because he broached (with success) several cinema styles: science-fiction with "Alien", historical film with "1492: Christopher Colombus". Here, he succeeded very well his way to the road-movie and this one is... Full review
More than an exercise in male-bashing
Jun 08, 2002
Dennis Littrell - imdb.com
Jun 08, 2002Dennis Littrell - imdb.com
This is an important commercial film aimed at blue collar women who feel victimized by both society and the men in their lives. Directed by Ridley Scott, who directed the science fiction classics, Alien (1979) and Blade Runner (1982), Thelma... Full review
A terrific movie about friendship.
Mar 17, 2000
Steve - imdb.com
Mar 17, 2000Steve - imdb.com
I loved this movie from the first time I saw it, but it wasn't until I sat through it the third time that I figured out why. It is clever, exciting, and funny and is shot in the middle of... Full review
Feminist road classic carries a full tank of gas.
Mar 16, 1999
Jason C. Atwood - imdb.com
Mar 16, 1999Jason C. Atwood - imdb.com
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... Full review
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