Thelma & Louise (1991) poster
1991 · drama · crime · adventure

Thelma & Louise

Directed by Ridley Scott2h 10m1991
ElsewhereIMDb7.6191kRT87%Metacritic89TMDB7.64k
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Movie DNA

Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.

Our read · Thelma & Louise (1991) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded drama · crime · adventure entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a fierce friendship road movie that turns righteous rage into legend.

ends devastatingit will wreck youa rollercoastergrips by minute 14attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upsexual violencegraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if assault themes or an emotionally punishing finale will linger too hard.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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