Thelma

Film by Josh Margolin

Thelma is a 2024 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and edited by Josh Margolin. The film stars June Squibb as a woman who falls victim to a phone scam, and sets out to find the perpetrators with the help of her grandson (Fred Hechinger) and friend (Richard Roundtree, in his final role).

Clark Gregg, Parker Posey, and Malcolm McDowell also star.^[4]

Thelma premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2024, and was released in the United States by Magnolia Pictures on June 21, 2024.

Thelma movie

The film received positive reviews and was named one of the top 10 independent films of 2024 by the National Board of Review.^[5]

Plot

93-year-old Thelma Post lives alone in Los Angeles. Her aimless but loving grandson Daniel "Danny" Markowitz often visits and looks after her needs despite not taking responsibility for his own life.

Although Thelma is close with Danny, she finds his constant assistance patr