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After separating from her parents to study in Oslo, Thelma begins to experience seizures with symptoms of supernatural abilities.
1973, Kristiansand, Norway
4 December 1975, Norway
December 04, 2017
Elie Harboe portrays multi-layered Thelma with precision, and she's paired well with Kaya Wilkins as Anja.November 29, 2017
It's chilly in Oslo, and in this movie; the better to sneak up on you quietly, like an unexpected shiver.November 29, 2017
Trier has found a new way to depict and talk about these emotions and experiences that most human beings know and can never really get over. His way is cold, deadpan, extreme, and very Scandinavian, and it's effective.November 30, 2017
A weirdly enthralling supernatural thriller.November 22, 2017
"Thelma" is tense, thoughtful and beautifully composed ...November 30, 2017
Thelma is a beautiful and heartbreaking film that is an impressive addition to the coming-of-age story. A lady bird, indeed.November 30, 2017
[Thelma] features one of the best horror-movie tropes: the second-act research scene in which the protagonist tries to figure out what's going on. No movie can be all bad with one of those scenes, and Thelma's already pretty good.November 30, 2017
The exquisitely shot Thelma operates on a level of dreamlike metaphor in which the basic notion of escaping the grip of childhood is mixed with dark imagery of infanticide, self-destruction, and plain old poor impulse controlDecember 01, 2017
Cold and calculated, but some of its scenes are potent.November 30, 2017
Trier's evocative and often beautiful film maintains a subtle tensionNovember 30, 2017
As a hushed, haunting portrait of a young woman reconciling daughterly duty and her own incipient power, "Thelma" feels like a stylish, timely allegory for the present moment.November 17, 2017
While the film doesn't entirely deliver on its start, the overall mood remains pricked by a similar sense of doom and shivering unease.