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By Bruce Demara (410) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 16 Nov 2017

The ending is a little shy of perfection but Thelma remains a tantalizing gem…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Original Cin (1,156) on 15 Nov 2017

Harboe's Thelma shows the fear of someone who finally has ahold of the steering wheel on her own life, but has never had any driving lessons…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Shockya.com (657) on 14 Nov 2017

The title character's telekinetic powers are deliberately muted by the director to evoke a subtle Carrie-type film…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 13 Nov 2017

Above all, the movie relies and thrives on Harboe, who is scrutinized, in closeup, with a vigilance that even Bergman might applaud, and who…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 13 Nov 2017

Enriching Thelma's chaos is the director's refusal to outright censure any of his characters, no matter the sometimes awful choices they make…

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By Dominick Suzanne-Mayer (260) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 11 Nov 2017

The film maintains a hum of stoic, nerve-trembling anxiety that carries through to its finale…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 10 Nov 2017

Trier manages to make a movie about passion that feels almost completely detached, right to the end…

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By Karen Han (178) for Nerdist (550) on 10 Nov 2017

The level to which Trier is willing to lay Thelma emotionally bare is just as heartbreaking as it is harrowing…

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By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 10 Nov 2017

Thelma is a genre-bender that should be viewed with as little information about its many unexpected twists and turns as possible…

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By Bryan Bishop (118) for The Verge (432) on 10 Nov 2017

Just as a plot summary, Thelma reads like an X-Men spinoff or superhero origin story…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 10 Nov 2017

Director Joachim Trier has a zillion surprises up his sleeve, yet keeps his story credible no matter how crazy things get…

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By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 10 Nov 2017

Thelma makes for an effectively moody and evocative piece of Norwegian-flavored filmmaking, even as it brings more groundbreaking stories to mind…

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By Dominick Mayer (133) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 10 Nov 2017

[Trier] finds moments of quiet horror, externalizing Thelma's turmoil in ways both blunt and memorably disturbing…

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By Alec Bojalad (5) for Den of Geek (424) on 10 Nov 2017

Thelma is a worthwhile endeavor for that characterization alone…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 10 Nov 2017

This examination of spirituality and independence is mildly unsettling and provocative, yet ultimately bogs down by trying to juggle too many…

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By Sheila O'malley (474) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 10 Nov 2017

Also similar to Carrie, it works best when it stays specific, grounded in this one woman's singular experience…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for NPR (1,713) on 09 Nov 2017

Trier is a ingenious filmmaker, and he makes Thelma visually compelling even when the story lazily turns to the usual scare-flick tropes…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 09 Nov 2017

Mesmerizing drama about a female college student struggling with sexual repression and wounds afflicted on her soul…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 09 Nov 2017

Thelma doesn’t play with pig’s blood and jump scares; its dreamlike dread is subtler and stranger, and much harder to shake…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for Village Voice (8,525) on 09 Nov 2017

Yes, Thelma is a horror movie — a lovely, transfixing one — but don’t look to it for cheap scares. The terror here cuts far deeper…

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