THELMA AND LOUISE (May 24, 1991) rides the edge between being a message film, a buddy film, feminist film and a crime film. The trip is motivated by a police chase, and crimes are committed enroute which nudges the film into this section. The freedom and emancipation the characters experience while fleeing in their Thunderbird escalates until there is no way back. The elation that eluded them in normal life is fleeting and impossible to maintain except briefly on their escapist road trip. Harvey Keitel does a terrific job as the sympathetic cop tracking them who tries to avert tragedy. A piece of trivia: Brad Pitt appears as a hitchhiker in this film who robs them. He also hitched a ride in KALIFORNIA with more grim results.