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Title: Thelma & Louise (1991)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Susan Sarandon | ... | Louise | |
| Geena Davis | ... | Thelma | |
| Harvey Keitel | ... | Hal | |
| Michael Madsen | ... | Jimmy | |
| Christopher McDonald | ... | Darryl | |
| Stephen Tobolowsky | ... | Max | |
| Brad Pitt | ... | J.D. | |
| Timothy Carhart | ... | Harlan | |
| Lucinda Jenney | ... | Lena, the Waitress | |
| Jason Beghe | ... | State Trooper | |
| Sonny Carl Davis | ... | Albert | |
| Shelly Desai | ... | East Indian Motel Clerk (as Shelly De Sai) | |
| Ken Swofford | ... | Major | |
| Carol Mansell | ... | Waitress | |
| Stephen Polk | ... | Surveillance Man | |
Louise is working in a diner as a waitress and has some problems with her boyfriend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. Thelma is married to Darryl who likes his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so that he can watch football on TV. One day they decide to break out of their normal life and jump in the car and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a flight when Louise kills a man who threatens to rape Thelma. They decide to go to Mexico, but soon they are hunted by American police. Written by Harald Mayr <marvin@bike.augusta.de>
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 nobody would call that a chick flick. Also is every movie about male characters a guy flick? I thought this was a great drama and the acting was superb. No one can deny that this movie is a classic and has influenced the English language. I would also like to mention that I am a man. In response to people who bash the movie saying that it is anti-male; I would like to say that Thelma and Louise is simply a movie about situations that happen to women all too often. Women are raped everyday and women are abused everyday; this movie brings that into the light and says that it is not good enough. I do not believe that shooting the rapist was justified but at least he did not get away with it. The movie shows that by running away from your problems things only get worse. People have also commented that there are no men that are not portrayed negatively. Both the sympathetic police officer and Jimmy are likable characters. The purpose of this film was not to celebrate masculinity but to show two women breaking free from oppression. Not all women are raped or abused but it is something that is very common and it is relevant enough to be a theme of a movie.
I was very moved by the movie and I gave it a 9/10