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‘Thelma’ Review: Lifelong Character Actor June Squibb Lands a Leading Role … in an Unlikely Action Movie
She's been stealing scenes from the sidelines for decades. In Josh Margolin's endearing 'Thelma,' the 'Nebraska' favorite finally gets top billing.
Squibb’s character has a doting — and slightly dopey — grandson of her own, Daniel (Fred Hechinger, from “White Lotus” Season 1), who visits regularly, doing his best to explain such unfamiliar concepts as email and computers. It could have been a lot worse, reason her loved ones (led by Parker Posey, relegated to an uptight supporting role opposite Clark Gregg’s father-knows-best type as Thelma’s fussy daughter and son-in-law). I can imagine another version of this story where, overhearing her family debating whether to upgrade her to an assisted living facility after the theft, Thelma decides to prove that she’s still capable enough to settle the issue on her own (in which case the stakes seem higher, for failure means forfeiting her freedom).
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