June Squibb proves it’s never too late to be the hero of your own story
How often does a film come along that you can comfortably recommend to literally everyone in your life? Not often enough. For that reason alone, Thelma deserves to be celebrated. It may not seem like the most obvious summer blockbuster, but it’s the rare kind of film you can watch with your parents—or your grandparents, or your kids—confident in the knowledge that you’ll all have a great time at the movies.
At some point, that persistent assumption became a self-fulfilling prophecy. The challenge facing both Danny and Thelma is proving they are capable of much more than anyone expects of them. First-time filmmaker Josh Margolin—who wrote, directed, and edited the film—has said that he based the character of Thelma on his own grandmother. He came up with the idea for the script after she was duped by a phone scam years ago and he imagined her setting off on a mission of revenge.
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