Well, I certainly didn't have an intention to watch this film as it looked like a horror/erotic movie from description and trailers, but in the end the positive reviews won, and so, I must admit that it hasn't been in vain. The photography is awesome and storytelling is good, although I feel there was a vast space needing to be filled with more substance but instead the film's tended toward more mystery, and less toward casting light over the right questions. The most profound thing for me were the parents' actions. The comparison to other cases in the past wrongfully labeled or the insight to the epilepsy or epilepsy-like symptoms were a great parallel and insights in the others' struggles. It totally gives another perspective in the matter. This movie is the reason why I'm watching everything I can get my hands on next from the director Trier. (I saw that he's related to the big Lars). Maybe it's not fair to make comparisons between both, but I felt a lot of similar energy to this product, as with other works of Lars.

A haunting meditation on what it means to be your authentic self. Tender, erotic, and beautifully shot.

I've read people saying: 'Well, movies ran out of ideas'. Do you want something different? You don't want to watch the same thing (idea) in the different version? This is it! This movie was 9 out of 10 for first 3/4. First three-quarters of the movie were nearly perfect: slow and profound development of characters, tense mystery, an event opens questions. There were no unnecessary scenes or conversation The puzzle is near zenith. And then. Well... this movie flops. Last twenty minutes: the plot goes too quickly, an intensity of mystery-suspense elements is insufficient. Instead of increasing, the important elements are decreasing. Overall, one of the best movies that I've seen this year (despite the ending). If you like a good mystery, I would recommend Thelma.

A girl moves away from home for college and her sexual desires reawaken some innate abilities. From this moment on what is real and unreal is in question at times. The movie is extremely watchable and I found myself not wanting it to end, desiring more of an explanation of how and why things were happening. By the end of the movie we are led to believe that she seizes control of her abilities. Thelma's abilities are god like when you think about it, maybe Neo in the Matrix, but being able to control your own world and every detail. Is this all real? Or perhaps more a lucid dream...... Had me thinking of an old Buffy episode, "Normal Again". Certainly worth watching, but this isn't your typical affair into the super powered individual, more on a level with Unbreakable and Split perhaps, all of which I thoroughly enjoyed.