Brad Pitt 1991 film "Across the Tracks"; Pitt portrayed Joe Maloney, a high school runner with a criminal brother, played by Rick Schroder. After years of supporting roles in film and frequent television guest appearances, Pitt attracted wider recognition in his supporting role in Ridley Scott's 1991 road film "Thelma & Louise". He played J.D., a small-time criminal who befriends Thelma (Geena Davis). His love scene with Davis has been cited as the event that defined Pitt as a sex symbol. After "Thelma & Louise", Pitt starred in the 1991 film "Johnny Suede", a low-budget picture about an aspiring rock star, and
Thelma (2017 film) rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""Thelma" plays with genre tropes in unexpected ways, delivering a thoughtfully twisty supernatural thriller with a lingering impact." On Metacritic, the film received a score of 74 out of 100, based on 31 leading critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On "IndieWire"'s annual critics poll of best films and performances, "Thelma" was selected a "Critics Pick" for Best Foreign Language Film. Manohla Dargis wrote in "The New York Times" that "Thelma" is "a romance, a psychological thriller, a liberation story and a whodunit (and why) ... and most satisfyingly, it plays with the