Thelma & Louise
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: May 24, 1991 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
89
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
It reimagines the buddy film with such freshness and vigor that the genre seems positively new. Read full review
100
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
This is a movie to love, that touches you in places you never suspected, that shows you that the road less traveled is the road to your dreams. Read full review
90
Washington PostRita Kempley
It spins its wheels in a giddy sort of way, then puts the pedal to the mettle, lays rubber and fairly takes wing. Read full review
90
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Classic genre movies may be a scarce commodity, but this gutsy crime thriller and female buddy movie qualifies in spades. Read full review
90
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Unabashed, streamlined entertainment, and you won't hate yourself in the morning for liking it. Read full review
90
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Even those who don't rally to pic's fed-up feminist outcry will take to its comedy, momentum and dazzling visuals. Read full review
90
NewsweekJack Kroll
Sarandon and Davis give superb, wonderfully interactive performances: funky, fierce, funny and poignant. [27 May 1991]
90
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Begins like an episode of "I Love Lucy" and ends with the impact of "Easy Rider." Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Sarandon and Davis find in Callie Khouri’s script the materials for two plausible, convincing, lovable characters. And as actors they work together like a high-wire team, walking across even the most hazardous scenes without putting a foot wrong. Read full review
80
Film ThreatBrad Laidman
Grade A propaganda of the first order. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
A fun, breezy roadtrip across the Western landscape. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyStaff (Not credited)
Never quite connects with us emotionally, yet the more it shades off into the gonzo-poetic, the more fun it becomes. Read full review
70
The New YorkerTerrence Rafferty
It's a pretty shameless outlaw fantasy; the feminist justification that the script provides for the heroines' behavior doesn't make their actions any less preposterous. Read full review
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