Good things come to those who wait. Few have waited as long, however, as June Squibb (澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Inside Out 2), a pistol-packing first-time leading lady in her early 90s. The Nebraska (2013) Oscar nominee is the motor drivi꧟ng this wildly charming revenge-com. 

Squibb's Thelma is a sweet but stubborn LA oldster scammed out𝓀 of $10,000 by a fake caller requesting bail for her grandson Danny. Suddenly, she’s on a runaway vengeance spree, with pensioner pal Ben (a deadpan Richard Roundtree in a worthy last role for the Shaft star) reluctantly riding shotgun when she hijacks his two-seater disability scooter. 

First-time writer/director Josh Margolin sharpens the film into a smart senior thriller, giving us tense geria𝓰tric POVs of the challenges that ensue (Thelma is seriously old, not the agile seventy-something of The G, another recent granny-get-your-gun outing). Thus, a careering care-home scooter chase, a nail-biting furnitur💫e climb to swipe a weapon, and a thudding face-plant fall all have the feel of high-stakes Mission: Impossible action sequences (aided by Nick Chuba’s sly, Lalo-Schifrin-alike score).

There’s a warm Little Miss Sunshine feel about the bond between Thelma and Danny (The White Lotus’s Fred Hechinger) as he hares after her. But Margolin doesn’t swerve the old-age pain of losing spouses and freedom, as Ben and Thelma bond aไnd bicker their way toward a senior showdown. Squibb’s just-right combo of cosiness and crafty determination keeps sentimentality at bay, letting the film show the everyday heroism of ageing (she did her own stunts, too, &ꦏagrave; la Cruise). So go call your granny; better still, take her to see this. 

Thelma is released in UK cinemas on July 19 and is in US theaters now. For more, check out our list of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming movies.