

Thelma
Revenge has never been sweeter.
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.
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6.8/10
482 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5M
- Box office
- $12.5M
- Language
- English
- widow
- scam
- female protagonist
- los angeles, california
- scooter
- duringcreditsstinger
- old-age home
- vigilante justice
- grandmother grandson relationship
- elderly woman
- old age
- absurd
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United States of America, Switzerland
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Digital / OTTJioHotstar14 Feb 2025
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival18 Jan 2024
- PremiereCleveland International Film Festival3 Apr 2024
- PremiereAnnapolis Film Festival4 Apr 2024
- PremiereMiami Film Festival5 Apr 2024
- PremiereSarasota Film Festival7 Apr 2024
- PremierePFF SpringFest12 Apr 2024
- PremiereUSA Film Festival17 Apr 2024
- PremiereRiverRun International Film Festival18 Apr 2024
- PremiereAtlanta Film Festival27 Apr 2024
- PremiereSan Francisco International Film Festival28 Apr 2024
- PremiereChicago Critics Film Festival4 May 2024
- PremiereIndependent Film Festival Boston8 May 2024
- PremiereBerkshire International Film Festival30 May 2024
- PremiereLighthouse International Film Festival7 Jun 2024
- PremiereProvincetown International Film Festival13 Jun 2024
- PremiereBentonville Film Festival14 Jun 2024
- PremiereNantucket Film Festival19 Jun 2024
- TheatricalPG-1321 Jun 2024
- Digital / OTTPG-1319 Jul 2024
- Digital / OTTHulu15 Nov 2024
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A19 Jul 2024
- Digital / OTT127 Oct 2024
- Physical12Blu-ray & DVD18 Nov 2024
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMSydney Film Festival9 Jun 2024
- PremiereMMelbourne International Film Festival16 Aug 2024
- TheatricalM5 Sept 2024
CanadaCA
- PremiereCalgary Underground Film Festival28 Apr 2024
- Theatrical21 Jun 2024
American SamoaAS
- Digital / OTTHulu14 Nov 2024
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1221 Jun 2024
FinlandFI
- Theatrical25 Dec 2024
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1210 Oct 2024
GuamGU
- Digital / OTTHulu15 Nov 2024
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalIIA15 Aug 2024
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG19 Jul 2024
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Thelma was released on 21 June 2024.
Audience reviews
3- B9/10
Brent Marchant
6/22/2024
According to playwright David Mamet, “Age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.” And, if 93-year-old Thelma Post (June Squibb) has anything to say about it in this fact-based action-comedy-drama, you can take that notion to the bank. In this story of a spry but sometimes-gullible widowed retiree living on her own, we watch – often in jaw-dropping awe – a feisty, independently minded senior determined t…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/22/2024
Grandma "Thelma" (June Squibb) is rather cruelly fleeced by a man pretending that her beloved grandson "Daniel" (Fred Hechinger) has been in a car accident with a pregnant women. $10,000 lighter her family realise she's been scammed and she is having none of it. Recruiting her pal "Ben" (Richard Roundtree) - or, more accurately, car-napping his mobility scooter, she escapes from the protective custody of her family a…
- G
good.film
9/11/2024
If it was created with a different set of sensibilities, Thelma could’ve easily been a cheap shot at seniors (and a forgettable experience). Imagine a sitcom-style movie with stale gags about how oldies can lose their marbles, their temper, or their bladder control. A film built around a character that’s there purely to be laughed at. Instead, we’re laughing with Thelma Post, and at the assumptions and stereotypes…
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