‘A courageous and controversial film that both reflects and challenges the conventions of the Hollywood film industry of the early 1990’s' Released in 1991, Thelma and Louise, directed by Ridley-Scott, received six Oscar nominations, Callie Khouri winning the Oscar for best screenplay. In this seminar paper I consider issues of narrative structure, character and perspective and review its context within wider society. We join the story in medias res as two ordinary women fr