The feature directorial debut of Josh Margolin, Thelma is a poignant action-comedy that gives veteran Oscar nominee June Squibb (Nebraska) her first leading role and features the final performance of trailblazing actor Richard Roundtree (SHAFT). Squibb, who did most of her own stunts in the film, plays Thelma Post, a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson (The White Lotus’ Fred Hechinger) and sets out on a treacherous quest across Los Angeles, accompanied by an aging friend (Roundtree) and his motorized scooter, to reclaim what was taken from her. Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, and Malcolm McDowell also star.
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:01 What's your plan for the day?
00:03 Ah, the usual.
00:04 [PHONE RINGING]
00:06 Hello?
00:07 Grandma.
00:07 Danny?
00:08 You sound so strange.
00:10 I'm in jail.
00:11 Oh my god.
00:14 Mail $10,000 to this address.
00:16 $10,000?
00:20 How did you think this was real?
00:21 Mom, you thought it was real too.
00:23 Oh my god.
00:24 She was very convincing.
00:26 She was scared.
00:27 I'm your mother.
00:27 We were all scared.
00:29 I wasn't quite as scared, just for the record.
00:33 You gotta tell the police.
00:34 They're no use.
00:35 They contact people at random, using telephone listings
00:38 and social networking sites.
00:39 Like Facebook?
00:41 Sure, by Facebook.
00:42 Well, shouldn't Zuckerberg be able to fix this?
00:46 What about my money?
00:47 Am I supposed to just let them have it?
00:50 I'm going to get a badge.
00:52 I need a ride.
00:53 [TIRES SCREECHING]
00:56 My mother is at large.
00:58 Why are we stopping at malls?
00:59 To get a gun.
01:00 Do you even know how to use it?
01:02 How hard can it be?
01:03 Idiots use them all the time.
01:05 God.
01:06 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:09 Things happen to people as they age.
01:12 Weird, crazy things.
01:14 We're old, diminished.
01:16 The least we can do is take care of each other.
01:18 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:20 She's a tough cookie.
01:22 When she says her mind is something,
01:23 there's no stopping her.
01:24 My grandson's parked a block away.
01:27 I don't have much time.
01:28 You left your grandson in the car?
01:30 But he's 24.
01:31 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:33 We all have our good days and our bad days.
01:37 And what's today?
01:38 We'll find out.
01:39 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:41 Nova!
01:42 Nova!
01:43 [GUNSHOTS]
01:46 [TIRES SCREECHING]
01:48 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:50 [KNOCKING]
01:52 Grandma?
01:54 Hello?
01:54 Oh, no.
01:55 Sorry, sorry.
01:56 Uh, I'm just looking for my grandma, sorry.
01:59 (dog barks)