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Nominally a heist movie
- Widows is nominally a heist movie, following the bereft wives (Davis, Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki, plus Cynthia Erivo as a woman pulled into their midst) as they attempt to pull off a robbery to settle their late husbands’ debts.
Nov 8, 2018 · Widows is nominally a heist movie, following the bereft wives (Davis, Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki, plus Cynthia Erivo as a woman pulled into their midst) as they attempt to...
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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.
Nov 16, 2018 · Widows: Directed by Steve McQueen. With Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo. Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Steve McQueen
- 2018-11-16
“Widows” is not like most heist movies. The emotional currents that power Steve McQueen ’s brilliant genre exercise are different—it’s societal inequity, exhaustion at corruption, and outright anger at a bullshit system that steals from the poor to give to the rich.
Widows rounds up a stellar ensemble for a heist thriller that mixes popcorn entertainment with a message - and marks another artistic leap for director Steve McQueen. Read Critics Reviews
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- Steve Mcqueen
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- Viola Davis
Sep 9, 2018 · Steve McQueen's real-world heist movie gives Viola Davis a powerful role as a crime widow who takes cold-eyed command of her desperation.
Nov 15, 2018 · The exciting, engaging, entertaining Widows is the rare fun heist film that also functions as a solid drama, thanks largely to the lead performance from Viola Davis.
