Review of Thelma & Louise (1991) by Rachel Y — 07 Nov 2011

Just go a head and toss this into the "they don't make 'em like they use to" pile. At first you wouldn't think that this particular style of movie would fit in my wheel house and neither did I at first, but you can't deny greatness.

With Ridley Scott directing and astoundingly great performances turned in by everyone from Geena Davis, to Michael Madsen it is hard to not like this picture. Things do start off a bit slow while you are introduced to the characters but as you go on you see how drastically they change (especially that of Davis's persona).   Plenty of peak and valleys and ultimately just a fantastic character study.

The movie carries with it that signature early 90's look and feel and everything from the locations to Hans Zimmer's score are all done quite well.  I can't help but wonder what the general reaction was to the climax of the film back then, it certainly works and doesn't work much in the same way The Wrestler or Black Swan's endings work. It's kind of a fill-in-the-blanks ending that both makes sense but kind of frustrates you because you can't see more of it.