Review of Thelma & Louise (1991) by Dominic S — 20 May 2013

Thelma and Louise is one of Ridley Scott's films that is not of the science fiction genre, but boy did he and writer Callie Khouri come up with such an inspirational film for women everywhere.

Thelma and Louise is about two girlfriends, Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) who both decide to spontaneously take a road trip for a weekend.

But on the first night out of town, they stumble upon a bar where Thelma meets a handsome lad who tries to rape her, resulting in Louise shooting him dead before he can penetrate Thelma.

The two of them then turn their road trip into a couple of fugitives on the run from the police.

Nominations for leading actress to Davis and Sarandon are both well deserved. They truly grasped the role of small town types of ladies who suddenly must learn to defend themselves from the police as well as perverted men they meet on the road.

There are many themes of feminism in this film. It show's in Thelma's relationship with her husband, Louise's relationship with her boyfriend, Thelma's attempted rape situation, Louise's honesty of telling Thelma she was once raped, and the overall friendship between the two women that shows empowerment, courage, strength, love, and the power of the average woman.

Thelma's husband is very strict and negatively overbearing to Thelma and she says that he is her husband not her father. She ends the call she has with him while on the road with a classy "Go fuck yourself!".

This is such a fantastic film.

Thelma and Louise, I give you a 100%.