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Thelma & Louise is a fantastic adventure through crime, action and dramatic twists and turns. This film is described in one main keyword: friendship. I think it is like the Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid of the 90s and also the female version of it. Thelma & Louise is far more serious and depressing because it takes a very dark turn in the film which concludes in tragedy. It is a good film to watch because of the beauty of friendship and who your friends really are and also to experience life properly when in a trapped situation so to speak which is what both women are in before their adventure. It is hard to watch as well because it is a very moving film that has severe consequences.
Geena Davis was awesome as Thelma. Thelma is a young woman who is married to a lazy, abusive and arrogant man who treats her so badly that she's like his slave rather than his wife. Thelma is the one of the two women who goes through the most because she is almost raped by a man who was all flirty with her. When something happens to that man, the story becomes more serious and makes their adventure not only become more fun but more personal and tenser. Susan Sarandon's performance as Louise was awesome too. They both totally deserved their Oscar nominations in this film. It is very rare where two actresses are nominated at the Oscars in the same category for the same film. I can only think of Thelma & Louise and All About Eve. Both performances from Geena and Susan were fantastic but if I had to choose who was better it would be Susan. Brad Pitt was cool in this film too. It's weird because when you see Brad really young in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, he looks younger in that than he does in this one even though The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button was released 17 years later.
Ridley Scott is one of the most accomplished directors that have ever lived. Thelma & Louise is another fine example of why he is so good. Thelma & Louise is a rather different film to any other he had done at the time because he has done sci fis and a horror film previously. Thelma & Louise enters Scott's filmography of creating dramas and in a absolutely huge way. He directs Thelma & Louise like he wants to viewers to experience adventure and what the consequences are if you over do and get up to mischief which is what happens to Thelma and Louise. How this film wasn't nominated Best Picture 1991 alongside The Silence Of The Lambs and Beauty And The Beast, I have absolutely no idea in the slightest. The script was absolutely brilliant that has mixed chemistry between the characters and the genres that this film is part of.
Thelma & Louise is one of the best films of 1991 and that was a brilliant year. It is both Susan Sarandon's and Geena Davis' best performance too. It is one of the best adventure films of all time and there's no denying that. Thelma & Louise is Ridley Scott's third best film after Gladiator and Alien. Overall, Thelma & Louise is a fun and excited yet dramatic and tragic film that very much deserved all the credit it got. September 13,
9/10
