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- Widows is not based on true events, but it's not an entirely new story, either.
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Widows is not based on true events, but it's not an entirely new story, either. The film has got some heavy hitters behind it, as it's directed by 12 Years a Slave helmer Steve...
The story is based off a British miniseries from the 1980s which, although it sounds like an unlikely inspiration, seems to work here.
Nov 1, 2018 · It is loosely based on a true story of a boy called Giuseppe Di Matteo whose father, an ex-member of the Sicilian Mafia, turned “grass” against his erstwhile associates.
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Nov 28, 2018 · Steve McQueen’s new film Widows is based on a seminal TV series and is dedicated to Eva Mottley the lead actress in the original but her story was not a happy one and ended in tragedy.
- The Shootout
- Veronica Didn’T Expect Amanda to Show Up
- The Timing of Amanda’s Phone Call
- That Conversation Between Veronica and Amanda
- The Phone Call from The Bowling Alley
- The Dog Barking at The Door
- Harry’s Flask Was Sitting on Amanda’s Table
- No Marriage Is Perfect
After a robbery goes wrong, Harry’s crew races away in a van with the police in pursuit. Harry pulls the van into a garage so that they can switch cars and get away. But as they open the garage door, police cars are waiting outside. They begin to shoot, and the van explodes and flips over, killing everyone inside—or so we think. Than van exploding ...
After she’s threatened by Jamal and realizes she has to come up with the money her husband owes, Veronica asks all the widows to meet her at a spa. When she arrives only two of them, Alice and Linda, are there. Veronica mentions that she invited a third woman, Amanda. When Alice and Linda ask who Amanda is, Veronica replies, “Let’s hope it doesn’t ...
Amanda finally does call Veronica and ask to meet up—likely at Harry’s behest. The timing of this phone call is an important narrative clue. Right before, Veronica is asleep dreaming about her relationship with Harry—both the good times and the bad. Audiences find out for the first time in this scene that the two lost a child. Harry says to Veronic...
When Veronica and Amanda finally do meet in a diner, there’s a palpable tension between the two. Veronica begins to talk about Harry, saying that he “never made a mistake before.” His meticulous notebook supports the idea that he’s a perfectionist. Perhaps Veronica has already begun to suspect that he did not make a mistake the night he “died” but ...
After Jatemme beats up Bobby (Kevin J. O’Connor), Harry’s contact at the bowling alley, Bobby calls Veronica. He asks her if she has traded the notebook yet. Veronica lies and says yes. “That’s good,” says Bobby, as he looks over to a mysterious figure we can’t see. Likely, this mystery man is Harry trying to protect Veronica by convincing her to h...
Veronica shows up at Amanda’s house unannounced to ask whether her husband knew anyone who might be willing to act as getaway driver for the upcoming heist. While Amanda is calming her crying baby in another room, Veronica’s dog runs to a closed door and begins barking and scratching at it. Recall that the dog did the same thing in Harry’s hideout ...
At the beginning of the movie, we see Veronica interrupt Harry’s shower to toast him with a shot from his flask. Presumably, the flask is a gift or some sort of good luck charm. When Veronica’s dog begins scratching at the door in Amanda’s home, Amanda spots Harry’s flask on the coffee table in the hallway and begins to piece the puzzle together.
At the end of the film, some viewers—like myself—may have expected yet another twist: Veronica and Harry were in on it together. Given how lovingly they treated each other in the opening scenes of the movie, it’s hard to imagine that Harry would betray Veronica. But looks can be deceiving. Viewers discover over the course of the film that the coupl...
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Widows is a 2018 neo-noir heist thriller film directed by Steve McQueen from a screenplay by Gillian Flynn and McQueen, based upon the 1983 British television series of the same name.
