This was a road movie with a sizable dollop of feminism thrown in which, judging from the comments here, produces a very mixed response in viewers. The general theme appeared first and best in "Vanishing Point" (1971) but there is plenty of originality with this. The screenplay is pretty good although I have a problem with Louise shooting the would-be rapist simply because he was insulting her - surely while holding him at gunpoint she would get Thelma to call the police? You don't just shoot people because you don't like them. And things get silly at the end, but not irritatingly so. The car, a 1966 Ford Thunderbird, is one of the nicest looking from the 1960s, I cringe at the thought of any of them being wrecked.
Review of Thelma & Louise
