Thelma and Louise

'Thelma and Louise' (Ridley Scott, 1991)

"I loathe this film – which surprises me because I like Ridley Scott very much – because there's no humanity in how it pitches the sexes against each other. It's a story about two best friends (Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis) who go on a road-trip together and commit a crime and become fugitives along the way. The worst scene is when they are laughing at a foul-mouthed truck driver and, after meeting him three times on the road, they crack and end up blowing up his truck. I don't like the extreme machismo of their behaviour – and I wouldn't if I saw a film and two men acted this way either. It's ugly and unintelligent. Furthermore it's untruthful because the women's machismo is played under the guise of fighting for their independence and feminism. They don't succeed in making a feminist statement, merely vengeance against men."