Thelma
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When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
Yet Margolin’s empathy for Thelma (he based the story on a scam perpetrated on his own grandmother) lends the film a sweetness and occasional poignancy that help mitigate much of the foolishness. The falterings of memory and balance, the falling-away of friends and social engagements — “Thelma” is at its best when noting the vicissitudes of aging, hammered home in Ben and Thelma’s discovery of an old friend’s extreme deterioration. In that sense, the terrifying tug between personal agency and assisted living is both the film’s sourdough starter and its entire loaf.
Parents' Guide to. Thelma. Movie PG-13 2024 97 minutes.Thelma also shoots a gun at a computer, and a trash can is lit on fire, causing a minor, contained explosion. The movie has clear themes of compassion, friendship, empathy, and courage. And it offers commentary on how Western society often treats the elderly, consciously going against Hollywood standards by making Thelma the main character.
