In late 1991 and early 1992

some viewers of Thelma & Louise responded to a questionnaire about the film. Here are a few of their comments:

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Film Director, Jennifer Townsend, reads through a box of survey responses she received in 1991 & 1992.

Now it’s 2018...

…and Thelma & Louise continues to be viewed around the world.

For some it’s an old favorite; others are watching it for first-time. As one old-time viewer said:

Love it or hate it, everyone has a reaction to this film; no one is ambivalent about it. 

What stayed with you when it was over? What made you cheer, laugh or get angry? 

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You are invited to share your remembrances, feelings, and comments about the film.

  • Love Is Love!

    30 Mar 2017
    I saw Thelma & Louise in 1991 when I was 24 years old. I remember watching the movie and appreciating the Southern Utah landscape as I lived in Salt Lake City at the time. I’ve seen the movie many times and own it on VHS too. I loved the movie so much that I insisted that my best friend watch it too because it was us; her and I! My huge take-a-way from the movie was the commitment between two people, two best friends who loved each other so much...
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  • Few Women-centric Films

    13 Mar 2017
    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 in United Kingdom  

  • Friendship

    14 Feb 2017
    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 final scene at the ‘brink/edge’ of life. Could one have driven over the precipice if she were alone in the car and the other was somehow not with her? Did the friendship strengthen the courage...
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  • We Talked About it for Days

    08 Feb 2017
    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 theater. The usher came and asked us to be quiet. But then, it seemed other groups also were kind of noisy, so he just gave up trying to keep it quiet. We were feeling a...
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  • I watched the film with my 16 year old daughter

    22 Jan 2017
    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 it, but it’s been many years. We found it, and I have to say: it was a very moving experience, watching it with her. Suzy’s reactions and mine were similar. One difference was that she...
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  • Betrayal

    01 Dec 2016
    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 ways to establish their own identities without worrying about being overwhelmed by a male-dominated society. I’d find a way for the women to triumph — even if I had to twist reality to do so....
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