Dec. 4: Thelma

Wednesday, Dec 04, 2024
7 pm @ Galaxy Cinemas, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Director: Josh Margolin;
USA 2024
English; 97 min
Rated: PG

Based on the real-life arts rehabilitation programme founded at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, the film follows a troupe of incarcerated actors who work on plays as part of a theatre workshop at the prison. Every six months, the men gather, often looking to Divine G to help decide their next play. When he recruits a new member called Divine Eye, he gets more than he
bargained for. The group’s dynamic begins to shift as the men collectively unpack the pain of their experience while undergoing the joy and escape of creativity

What unfolds is Mission: Impossible on Mobility Scooters, with a soundtrack to match. Thelma and Ben after the crooks; Danny and his parents chasing Thelma and Ben. It is full of humour, and not a little sadness.   Stephen Romei, The Australian

The key to all this is Squibb’s success in convincing you of the close contact Thelma maintains with her younger self. You can see the girl in her..Sandra Hall, Sydney Morning Herald