2018 Directed by Steve McQueen
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.
Viola Davis Michelle Rodriguez Elizabeth Debicki Liam Neeson Robert Duvall Colin Farrell Cynthia Erivo Brian Tyree Henry Daniel Kaluuya Garret Dillahunt Carrie Coon Jacki Weaver Molly Kunz Lukas Haas Jon Bernthal Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Matt Walsh Kevin J. O'Connor Michael Harney Clare Cooney Ann Mitchell Deron J. Powell Adam Wesley Brown Wendy Mateo Matthew Fowler Bailee Brewer Stephen Hill Michael Weber Adepero Oduye Show All…
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four things you need to know about this movie:
1. it completely and utterly rules from start to finish, and is *so* smart about everything from capitalism to camera placement.
2. Viola Davis carries around an adorable Westie for virtually the entire film.
3. Elizabeth Debicki's performance inspired me to say the word "stan" out loud for the first time in my entire stupid life.
4. anyone with cable will watch this on TV no less than 300 times in the next two years.
not a spoiler but colin farrell stands in front of a banner that says “MINORITY WOMEN” and i’ve never felt more represented in cinema. thank you, mr. farrell, for giving me my rights in exchange for my paying $3.99 to rent your movie Daredevil (2003).
OK, now i’d like to be genuine and take Widows seriously for a moment because that’s what this cast and crew deserve! the internal, interpersonal, and political levels of conflict all intersect in a way that’s ultra-satisfying. mcqueen allows his scenes to breathe, unafraid to embrace pauses and stock stillness. there’s a slick current of truth running through his directing, his and gillian “She Did That!” flynn’s script, the long takes ... every facet felt…
Entire cast is great. Daniel Kaluuya is the stand-out for me. Guy has range.
35 mm (Kodak Vision3 50D 5203, Vision3 250D 5207, Vision3 500T 5219)
Arricam LT, Cooke S4 Lenses
Arricam ST, Cooke S4 Lenses
Watched at Cineplex Odeon Intl. Village, Vancouver
Gillian Flynn every morning when she wakes up to write: oh I gotta remind everyone that men are trash
this movie is a beautiful magic trick. everything about it screams “boilerplate bargain bin thriller,” but the performances are so captivating and the writing is so focused that it manages to feel... like a prestige movie? pun not intended. even with an undercooked b-story, it’s very smart, surprisingly funny, cynical, and perfectly structured. ya done it again, stevie micks!!
everybody in this movie is very good, but... got damn... daniel fuckin’ kaluuya!!!! viola fuckin’ davis!!!! cynthia fuckin’ erivo!!!! a preemptive “fuck the academy” for ALL y’alls oscar snubs!!!
Steve's films just look so damn amazing.
And the wardrobe is fantastic in this movie.
And the way Viola Davis moves through a scene...to die for.
Very much an "and" movie in the best way possible.
Really enjoyed this movie all the way through. A compelling story and solid performances all around. Some really nice direction and camerawork at times as well, McQueen is a pro for sure.
Viola Davis may be the best actress I’ve ever seen when it comes to crying on camera. And Daniel Kaluuya is an absolutely savage I love it.
Don’t know how much staying power this has for me or if I’ll ever give it a rewatch, but definitely glad I checked it out. Perhaps my expectations were a bit too high.
Previously, Steve McQueen has directed ‘Shame’, a film about a sex addict, and ‘twelve years a slave’, a period piece about a rich black man being sold into slavery. So what was next for him after a huge five year break....a crime/gangster thriller...?!
Well, yes...and no.
‘widows’ is an excellent film that follows three women, wives of expert criminals and robbers. Their husbands are killed in a job gone wrong, leaving the wives in a whole heap of debt. So what do they do? Finish what their husbands started...and plan to complete their next unfinished heist.
This isn’t Steve Mcqueens best film, but a nice change of flavour in a great, varied career. Yes, in many ways this is a…
More powerful than I was expecting. 10/10 Fireside Bowl inclusion. Viola Davis is the best.
Aggressively middle of the road. Has some bold directorial choices, but they never get air to breathe due to the twist laden, ripped from the head lines script mixed with the traditional Hollywood heist concept. And that one flashback scene...It's almost unforgivable. Recklessly thrown in to give the main character added depth, grief and motivation just before the last act and then tossed aside and never mentioned or dealt with ever again. Unreal.
some good fuckin chicago shit right here. phenomenal accents across the board.
wish it was more about colin farrell n brian tyree henry and also that about 30 minutes were cut out the middle but alas
cool kids cameo was worth price of admission alone
My first time watching something by Steve McQueen and in this film it is apparent he is an extremely talented director. This movie is very well shot and put together overall with great characters and a hell of a cast. It feels like some scenes could have been trimmed up a bit and this could have felt a little smoother at 2 hours instead of 2 hours and 10 minutes but that's a small complaint. There's plenty of thrills and twists and turns in this and I'm surprised more people don't seem to talk about it, I think this is definitely one of the most underrated movies of 2018.
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