When 93-year-old Thelma gets scammed by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
This was a delight. Thelma being inspired by Tom Cruise to track down the scammers who tricked her into sending cash is just the first level.
It is funny but never at the expense of the elderly, a la "having an old lady swear" which is the sort of unfunny joke that is so often perpetrated in the movies. As the movie goes forward there's a serious side that is interwoven but never heavy-handedly.
This is the sort of indie, small movie that we get all too rarely these days and it is so welcome!
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