I remember the first time I watched Thelma and Louise with my older brother and sister and as i was so young – although I loved it even then – it didn’t register what a ground-breaking film it is, and sadly remains with so few other filmmakers following up with such dynamic women-centric films. Kazz...Read More

Of course I admire all the woman-empowering moments depicted in Thelma and Louise; however, I am most attracted to their friendship. This is quite literally a friendship to the end. During the course of the movie Thelma and Louise experience several moments of self-awakening liberation from their former lives. I am most struck by the...Read More

I’m so happy to have found this page. Thelma & Louise brings back great memories for me. I was in college when it came out. A group of girlfriends and I went to see it as soon as the Time Magazine article came out. I remember being kind of noisy and commenting out-loud in the...Read More

Recently my daughter, Suzy, and I were looking online for a film to watch together. She is 16 years old. She said some of her friends had watched Thelma & Louise and asked if I had ever seen it. OMG! It is one of my favorite films! I couldn’t remember the last time I saw...Read More

Without Google, tracking people down after 25 years would have been difficult or nearly impossible. In this video, Jennifer Townsend describes her pain-staking efforts, using Google to search and track down the only waitress who replied to her questionnaire. How hard was it to find people without Google? Twenty-five years ago people’s lives were largely...Read More

The National Film Registry – Finally! Finally, after all these years, “Thelma & Louise” has been inducted into The National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. It is long overdue. I have been promoting this for the past three years… ever since I did some research and learned that, for some inexplicable reason, it...Read More

I felt the climax was a betrayal of everything that went before it. We watch the blossoming of two inhibited characters only to see them destroyed for proclaiming their independence. While this may reflect the way many women now see their role in society, it does nothing for those young women who are looking for...Read More

It is almost impossible to exaggerate the amount of press, praise, criticism and scholarly attention heaped upon the film “Thelma & Louise” in the 23 years since its release. For example, if you run a search of scholarly publications, you will find that it has been written about in well over a thousand books and...Read More

It is time for Thelma & Louise! One might ask – how is it possible that, in spite of its Oscar and Oscar nominations, BAFTA and Golden Globe awards, two David di Donatello Awards (Italy) for best actress(s), Cesar Award nomination (France), and a host of awards and nominations from Film Critics and Cinematographer Societies,...Read More

In this video Geena Davis explains how she was determined to be cast as the confident Louise, instead of insecure Thelma. During Geena’s interview with director, Ridley Scott, she recalls how she made a well rehearsed and logical case to be cast as Louise. Ridley asked her if she would consider playing Thelma. Fortunately, she had an instant change...Read More