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Widows

Name: Widows
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2018-11-06
Duration: 129 min
Rating: 6.475

★ 6,5 /10 (2,505 Votes)

2018 EN 129 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

06/11/2018

Votes

2,505

Popularity

6.8

Left with nothing. Capable of anything.

Genres

Drama Crime Thriller

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

129 min

Budget

$42,000,000

Revenue

$75,984,700

Website

widowsmovie.com

Viola Davis

Veronica Rawlings

Michelle Rodriguez

Linda

Elizabeth Debicki

Alice

Cynthia Erivo

Belle

Colin Farrell

Jack Mulligan

Robert Duvall

Tom Mulligan

Liam Neeson

Harry Rawlings

Brian Tyree Henry

Jamal Manning

Daniel Kaluuya

Jatemme Manning

Lukas Haas

David

Garret Dillahunt

Bash

Carrie Coon

Amanda

Jacki Weaver

Agnieska

Molly Kunz

Siobhan

Jon Bernthal

Florek

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo

Carlos

Matt Walsh

Ken

Kevin J. O'Connor

Bobby Welsh

Michael Harney

Fuller

Clare Cooney

Alice's Friend

Ann Mitchell

Amanda's Mother

DeRon J. Powell

Asthma

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Adam Wesley Brown

Auction Car Guy

Wendy Mateo

Auction Teller

Matthew Fowler

Auctioneer on Microphone

Bailee Brewer

Bailee

Stephen Hill

Big Guy

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Michael Weber

Board Chairman

Adepero Oduye

Breechelle

Chuck Inglish

Darius

Henson Keys

Father McKenzie

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Doug James

Fellow Alderman

Laura Fisher

Female Philanthropist

Stef Tovar

Finance Guy

Bailey Rhyse Walters

Gracie

Katherine Kupferer

Gun Daughter

Kirsten Fitzgerald

Gun Mom

Deanna Reed-Foster

Hair Client #1

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Paulette McDaniels

Hair Client #2

Will Zahrn

Irish Catholic Priest

John Henry Roberts

Irish Priest at Harry's Funeral

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Paul Stein

Jeweler Attendant

Coburn Goss

Jimmy Nunn

James Vincent Meredith

John / Mulligan Man

Patrese McClain

LaQuisha

Jason Bradley

Lawyer

Keith Kupferer

Leadman

Socorro Santiago

Lita

Sir Michael Rocks

Malik

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Josiah Sheffie

Marcus

Eric C. Lynch

Noel

Brian King

McArdle

Stephen Eugene Walker

McRoberts

Chris Nolte

Mulligan's Security Guard

Chris Froseth

Mulligan's Young Staffer

Kurt Ehrmann

Newspaper Editor

Francis Florczyk

Polish Priest

Amanda Rivera

Receptionist

Philip Rayburn Smith

Roger

Jon Michael Hill

Reverend Wheeler

Tonray Ho

Sarah (Tom's Nurse)

Cameron Knight

School Principal

Chaon Cross

Sauna Woman

Mark Lancaster

Security Guard Day Shift at Mulligan's

Lily Mojekwu

Suzette

Tai'isha Davis

Woman under Dryer

Alejandro Verdin

Xavy

Josh Bywater

Katherine Mallen Kupferer

Gun Daughter

Olivia

Veronica's Dog (Nicht genannt)

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Director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn co-wrote the screenplay for his crazy-intense looking crime thriller starring queen of all queens, Viola Davis. Those three names are honestly all it would take to lure us to a theater, but it actually gets better: the film, based on Lynda La Plante’s novel of the same name, follows four women whose duplicitous husbands’ deaths lead them down a dangerous path.

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This film contains two movies, and I enjoyed one of them: Widows is the story of a trio of...well, widows, who hatch a scheme to pull off a heist. The reason why the widows choose to pull off this heist in the first place is a threat by gangster-turned-political-hopeful Jamal Manning (played by Brian Tyree Henry). It was his money that the deceased husbands of the women were trying to steal before dying in an explosion set off by a hail of police bullets. The money burned up in the flames, and he wants to be repaid. Veronica Rawlings (played by Viola Davis) comes into possession of the plan…

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Arguably longer than it had to be, particualrly when a lot of side-stories had little context and zero payoff. But there is not a **single** member of this cast who disappoints. Obviously heist movies are not a new thing, but there has never been a heist movie like _Widows_ before. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

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**_Looks amazing, but tries to cover too many issues, and the plot is laughable_** > **Reggie Ugwu**: _What fascinates about seeing women in historically masculine roles? Do you see something qualitatively different about the way women and men conduct themselves?_ > > **Viola Davis**: _All we want from women is for them to be pretty, and for them to be kind. And it's those shallow qualities associated with womanhood that we see on screen. So we always feel less than. We always feel like the predator's prey. We always feel that boot of male influence and power. That's what #MeToo and Time…

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