Storyline
A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist.
Directors
Cast
Lukas Haas, Colin Farrell, Stef Tovar, Laura Fisher, Daniel Kaluuya, Michelle Rodriguez, Liam Neeson, Matt Walsh, Viola Davis, Keith Kupferer, Philip Rayburn Smith, Robert Duvall, Garret Dillahunt, Jon Bernthal, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ann Mitchell, Tonray Ho, Michael Harney, Jacki Weaver, Elizabeth Debicki, Chaon Cross, Coburn Goss, Stephen Hill, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Adepero Oduye, Carrie Coon, Will Zahrn, Stephen Eugene Walker, Brian Tyree Henry, Deanna Reed-Foster, Socorro Santiago, James Vincent Meredith, Lily Mojekwu, Jon Michael Hill, Cynthia Erivo, Clare Cooney, Deron J. Powell, Adam Wesley Brown, Wendy Mateo, Matthew Fowler, Bailee Brewer, Michael Weber, Chuck Inglish, Henson Keys, Doug James, Bailey Rhyse Walters, Katherine Kupferer, Kirsten Fitzgerald, Paulette McDaniels, John Henry Roberts, Paul Stein, Patrese McClain, Jason Bradley, Sir Michael Rocks, Josiah Sheffie, Brian King, Chris Nolte, Chris Froseth, Kurt Ehrmann, Eric C. Lynch, Francis Florczyk, Amanda Rivera, Cameron Knight, Mark Lancaster, Molly Kunz, Tai'isha Davis, Alejandro Verdin
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Reviews
91
Ultimately, Widows works as well as it does due to the way McQueen juggles substance with entertainment value to such eager subversive ends. The movie engages with topics as complex as sexism, police brutality, and interracial marriage, but it still delivers on the car chases and gunplay.
91
It’s all deliciously fun and deliriously devious, but Widows isn’t just an exercise in sheer escapism.
90
Widows is a solid piece of genre fiction made more resonant by how its creators have bored down into its characters and sociological implications in ways specifically designed to examine some of the rotten underpinnings of business as usual.
90
The distinguishing, and perhaps unsurprising element - given McQueen’s strong characterisation in the past – is that each of the film’s many characters comes fully-formed.
83
This is precision entertainment, a crackling, pulse-pounding heist movie with a sterling cast, a whip-smart script, and undeniable social resonance, calling to mind heavyweight champs like The French Connection and Heat. It never quite matches those cinema milestones, but make no mistake, Widows is a knockout.
