 "Thelma & Louise" placed second to The Silence of the Lambs (film) as the best film of 1991 in a poll of 81 critics.Numerous critics and writers have remarked on the strong feminist overtones of "Thelma & Louise".Film critic B. Ruby Rich praises the film as an uncompromising validation of women's experiences, while Kenneth Turan calls it a "neo-feminist road movie".