Widows (2018)
Harry, Carlos, Florik, and Jimi are a group of thieves who have armed robbery and have been killed. After the incident, Harry's widow, Veronica, is threatened by Jamal Manning, the man from which Harry and his partners stole $ 2 million. Jamal Manning needs the money to fund his campaign for a South Side County councilor. The newer ones change when other widows participate in those encounters.
13 October 1964, Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 May 1976, Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
25 May 1947, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
18 May 1966, Geneva, Switzerland
December 05, 2018
This is a smarter breed of a crime movie.
November 16, 2018
A gritty romp that makes the cliché-prone heist genre feel fresh again.
November 30, 2018
It's the dashing camerawork and broad historical awareness of Widows that makes it a truly sophisticated action film, and by far the best crime movie of 2018 so far.
December 06, 2018
Very much in the style of Lumet and Pollack, with a dash of Michael Mann's Heat, the film swings big and mainly connects; it excels in characterizations, and only stumbles when confronted with straight-up genre elements.
November 19, 2018
The movie tosses back at viewers a variety of casual exasperations-inchoate, flip, and manipulable-that flatten and simplify the very ills and grievances that it dramatizes.
December 06, 2018
On issues of race, politics, gentrification, gender roles, and relationships, it seems to have plenty to say. More often than not, it says it smartly and without bashing you over the head with its ideas.
November 16, 2018
Enough quality action and surprises to keep it interesting.
December 06, 2018
It is an exercise in style and genre that provokes emotion and maintains attention, but still maintains itself in form. [Full Review in Spanish]
November 18, 2018
It's not clear exactly what kind of movie(s) Widows wants to be: feminist heist thriller? Sprawling political saga? Bare-knuckled gangster noir?
December 06, 2018
WIDOWS blends the aesthetics of a prestige with the escapist qualities of action, and the film never feels cheapened by either.
December 07, 2018
Less acrid and confrontational than his past work, Widows finds McQueen working in the kind of broadly populist filmmaking spectrum as someone like Michael Mann[.]
November 28, 2018
It offers everything adults used to love about cinema.
