AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

K James Thelma & Louise contains one of the most masterful cinematic endings known in the history of film. As far as dynamic duos, the chemistry between Geena and Susan is palpable on-screen. They're iconic women, beyond reproach, and this movie is a beautiful act of revenge for every woman (or person who grew up subject to misogyny). Time and time again, we see these women stand up for themselves and take matters into their own hands. I wholly recommend seeing this timeless classic - see it as soon as possible, if you know what's good for you!

ElMaruecan82 Somebody said get a life so they did. "They" refer to 90's icons Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis) and Louise Sawyer (Suran Sarandon), an aging waitress and a 'desperate housewife' before a series would turn the term into some cocktail-drinking gossipy upper-class girls.They get a life indeed but what the tag-line doesn't say is that they get death too. But what an extra after the two-day ride they had, many people live without actually living, these two women pushed the notion of being free to its most extreme form, and when they decide to take the big jump, we're taken by many contradicting sentiments but one of them isn't disbelief because Sarandon and Davis gave life to two extraordinary persons who found themselves. I never really got why the American Film Institute nominated them in the Top 50 heroes' list, but a last viewing convinced me, the final sacrifice sealed their status as cinematic icons.But aside from the existential aspect of the film which, like the best road movies, focuses on the journey rather than the destination, there's the performances. Lesser acting, more clichés or directing à la pseudo-rebellious 2010's way would have ruined the film. Indeed, if there's anything "Thelma and Louise" exemplifies is how low feminism has sunk today by making everything a matter of "being like men" well this is exactly what Ridley Scott's film is not (but he's a man, so what does he know?) The fashion of gender-oriented movies today is to prove that women are as much capable of men but thankfully we don't need a female cop or a female truck driver for the film, we have pretty well-established archetypes, only this time, they're explored from a female standpoint.The waitress isn't just here to cheer up the depressed visitors, she gives her personal insights about the rapist and her lack of surprise that he ended up being shot reveals how much of human nature she knows. Now, a word about the rapist, at first he's your usual womanizer and Thelma is obviously responsive to his charm, but we're not fooled, it's not his talk but the fact that he seemed to care for her, to be sensitive. Thelma left her door wide open so when she was caught in the trap, it was too late, he couldn't believe a woman who gave herself so easily was suddenly playing 'hard to get', that's why he was totally deaf to her cries and pleas until Louise's gun made him come to his senses. Still; why would he sign his own death warrant by letting these last words slip off his mouth.That's the key, he didn't anticipate a reaction. This is a man who had such a low perception of women that in no way he felt endangered, and that was Louise's epiphany. Obviously, raping is the most cowardly and bestial way to assert male power, in the physical way, Louise knew that and saw her friend in state of helplessness, if even the gun didn't insert some sense in his mind, then he would do the same thing again. So she killed him and she didn't feel happy about it. This is the hit-or-miss moment of the film but it works because Sarandon puts so much truth in her acting that you can almost feel some intern brainstorm at that very moment. Was she right or not? Never mind, she did what he expected the least, and involuntarily setting the pattern for the next moves.This is what the ending is about too, this is what everything is about: unpredictability, it starts with two women going fishing, then they must flee to Mexico, then circumstances force them to derail their road, a young Brad Pitt also manages to lure naive Thelma in his net and steal the money, forcing them to rely on a robbery, and then the encounter with a young cop makes them commit an irreparable offense and force them to leave a state and blow their cover. But these scenes aren't just time fillers, they allow one character to finally blossom: Thelma stops being that naive Southern housewife who falls for the first schmuck to a natural gun-wielder and a crazy confident girl who neutralizes the ultimate macho symbol, a cop, and makes him weep like a ballerina.I don't feel like polluting this review by mentioning the recent "Ghostbusters" movie but the equivalent of a "Thelma and Louise" today would show female truck drivers acting the same toward men instead of women giving a lesson of decency, we wouldn't have comprehensive men like Louise's boyfriend played by Michael Madsen or the cop played by Harvey Keitel, all the guys would've been as rude as Thelma's husband (Christopher McDonald) wimpy as the cop or disgusting like the truck driver, and Louise would be a lesbian, nothing wrong with that of course, but the point is to show that they had nothing against men in the first place. But that today's audience consider a film like "Ghostbusters" feminist is an insult to real feminism, like "Thelma and Louise", a film that doesn't say that women are "little things" but that it's the way men look at them and it's up to them to make a difference by acting "big" which doesn't mean, acting like "men".It's one extreme case of course but a real staple on empowering movies, an instant classic that was parodied a few years after its release in "The Simpsons" or "Wayne's World", that's the mark of iconic movies. When I was kid, I stopped watching it after an hour because the ad on TV made me believe it was a fun movie, it just got too dark after the rape, the killing and the robbery it took me some time to re-watch it, but I think I always knew there was something special about this film.

Matt Sewell Oh what a confused, sometimes wonderful movie this is. At times, one believes this movie is beneficial to women and the feminist cause in general (I'm a feminist accidentally born with testicles, in case you were wondering). Too often, though, the movie falls back on patriarchal norms to advance its narrative.And, not to spoil the ending too much (if you don't know how this movie ends, get a job and stop living underneath a bridge!), the fate of the women protagonists is, ultimately, the fate of any woman who stands up for herself in a patriarchal society -- total doom.The movie begins on an excellent note. Two women have decided to take a vacation together. The younger of the two, Thelma, does so at the risk of angering her typical knuckle-dragging patriarchal husband who, gag, watches football.The women stop for food and some drinks at a bar and Thelma, enjoying her freedom, gets a little too drunk. A complete sleaze-a-thon takes her to the dance floor and spins her around until she's dizzy and feels the need to vomit. He accompanies her to the parking lot under the guise of helping her, and then, surprise, attempts to rape her.Here's where the movie gets complicated. Louise shoots the rapist before he can go through with the act. Initially, she aims the gun at him and tell him to let her friend go. Of course, the use of the phallis, the gun, is already a flaw in the film. The women should be able to protect themselves without resorting to the oppressive tools of the patriarchy. When the rapist says something rude to Louise, she kills him. Now the women are in trouble.What follows is a Bonnie & Clyde-like adventure across the southwest. While these types of films are enjoyable, they are, essentially, patriarchal fantasies. In one of the movie's more problematic story lines, Thelma goes to bed with a young Brad Pitt just a day or two after she is nearly raped. Any survivor of rape will tell you that's most likely not going to happen, even if it's Brad Pitt!The film builds the relationship between the women but never releases the latent homoerotic nature of their relationship. This is also a flaw.And, as stated, the women are not allowed to get away clean despite the fact that they wished none of the horrible things that happened to them on themselves.Oh, and Harvey Keitel is thrown in to appease all the uncomfortable men who still believe they are somehow not complicit in patriarchal oppression.For entertainment, this is a great movie. For political purposes, it fails tremendously.

imdbstinks Nice pictures, stupid story. How unbelievably stupid the male characters are. And the stupid decisions the two women take, are just boring. All to begin with, the a act of violence which is the foundation of the entire movie. Read the other negative references.Just don't watch it (unless you are a miserable 50 year old female who never had any happy moments in life, particularly not with the other sex).why did she shoot that guy in the first place - why don't they split the money - why are all guys idiotswhy woman of the women who is portrait as mostly nervous in hectic situations suddenly able to pull of an amazing criminal action