Made in 1991, director Ridley Scott. Staring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis.
This film represents freedom and adventure. The two girls, Thelma and Louise, escape from their normal and boring lives for a weekend trip away, they show up at a bar and Thelma meets a man, however he tries to rape her and louise shoots him in defence and anger.
This is how their real adventure starts. They travel America escaping from the police and meet a few more people on the way.
Once realising what they done, louise is very strong to thelma and has confidence through the begining of their adventure. Louise makes a plan to get money to help her and Thelma start a new life in mexico and she gets the money. Whilst in the hotel, Thelma meets a new friend called J.D who tells Thelma how he steals which helps her in the future. After an evening at the hotel, J.D had dissapeared when both the girls were in the bar area and so was the money that Louise needed. The loss of this money impacts her a lot and all her confidence she once had was gone and Thelma began to realise that she needs to start being in control as Louise can't handle the situation anymore.
After more travelling, the girls realise that they need money for gas and food. Louise decides to sell her jewellery whilst Thelma takes a different approach and takes on what J.D had told her and robbed a shop.
After all of this travelling the police finally catch them, but they both want to be this free forever an drive off a cliff. At the end the picture freezes with the car in mid air stating how theyre now free and can't be caught anymore.
Overall the adventures that happen show off their characters and even bring out a stronger character in Thelma after her husband had not been treating her well. They teach a few men lessons on the way about rape as they (maybe) both had bad experiences of it and have had enough of how they're treated and show a different side to what men would see in a women.
I think it is a good film about expressing and gaining new characteristics and confidence for both the characters.
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