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Widows (2018) - Critic Reviews - Page 14 of 16

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By Alexa Dalby (160) for Dog and Wolf (160) on 09 Oct 2018

A strong performance by a magnificent Viola Davis as Veronica Rawlins holds the churning plot together…

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By Linda Marric (107) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 09 Oct 2018

A stunning and impressively ballsy thriller from McQueen, with a towering performance from Viola Davis…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 09 Oct 2018

Dramatic fragments, blasted our way, dance before us for the next two hours, rotating and glinting, colliding and connecting, like a puzzle…

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By Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (78) for Flicks.com.au (38) on 08 Oct 2018

McQueen's Widows feels urgent and contemporary, and - with a screenplay co-written by McQueen and Gillian Flynn of Sharp Objects and Gone Girl…

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By Kyle Anderson (153) for Nerdist (550) on 07 Oct 2018

It's not a feel-good movie, it's a think-good movie…

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By Linda Holmes (61) for NPR (1,713) on 07 Oct 2018

The film is taut, emotional, exciting and surprising and led by a performance from Davis so fierce and specific that you will want to see her…

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By Erick Estrada (196) for Cinegarage (196) on 20 Sep 2018

McQueen approaches the city to exercise a muscle that we did not know about and that, by the way, seems to have an enviable latent state…

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By Joi Childs (30) for Shadow and Act (97) on 19 Sep 2018

Widows truly gives Viola Davis the leading film venue worthy of her talents and gives female characters the space to play a dirty game…

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By Kaleem Aftab (340) for Cineuropa (34) on 19 Sep 2018

Some of the plot points are preposterous, and the wrong villain seems to get his comeuppance in a rushed ending…

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By Tomas Trussow (247) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 18 Sep 2018

You cannot say no to any trio that involves Davis, Debicki and Kaluuya, and so, no matter how perfunctory and predictable Widows can be at…

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By Dwight Brown (181) for National Newspaper Publishers Association (180) on 17 Sep 2018

Yet the payoff for this slick production is no better than results you'd get from watching any ordinary crime-thriller…

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By Daniel Kasman (55) for MUBI (191) on 17 Sep 2018

Neither having the time nor, surprisingly, the aptitude to build its story's tapestry of love, gender, class, race, crime, and politics…

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By Ella Kemp (95) for Culture Whisper (31) on 17 Sep 2018

The film never loses credibility, as McQueen manages to mesh explosive entertainment with realistic politics of gender and societal injustice…

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By Bill Chambers (261) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 17 Sep 2018

Get Out's Daniel Kaluuya is terrifying as Manning's brother and enforcer, Rodriguez is revealed to have unexplored dimensions…

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By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 16 Sep 2018

Genre film or not, Davis’ depiction of profound grief is tremendously effective, elicited by McQueen’s audacious direction…

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By Erik Anderson (42) for AwardsWatch (42) on 16 Sep 2018

Debicki's Alice gets the most to do after Davis (who utterly dominates this film, in the best and Viola Davis-y way) and I hope this is her…

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By Chris Feil (37) for Film Experience (395) on 15 Sep 2018

Captured with cruel beauty by cinematographer Sean Bobbitt, Widows is another psychologically immersive and exhaustive piece from McQueen…

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By Joe Lipsett (87) for InSession Film (54) on 14 Sep 2018

Widows is a dark, gripping drama about women who were abused by the men in their lives and then left to fend for themselves…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 14 Sep 2018

A lean-and-mean action flick with one of the year's best ensemble casts…

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By David Crow (142) for Den of Geek (424) on 13 Sep 2018

Widows showcases a directorial flair for balancing large ensembles ensnared in a plot-driven web, particularly since what unites all parties…

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