FILM: Thelma

(USA, 2024, 98 mins, color, PG-13) 

Starring June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey and Fred Hechinger 

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. - Letterboxd.com 

“If it weren’t for casting a bona fide nonagenarian in the title role, Thelma might not work at all. But it doesn’t pander to its audience and treats its characters with dignity and a dash of comic exaggeration.” Leonard Maltin, leonardmaltin.com, 6/22/24