Review of Widows (2018) by Swimjay — 25 Nov 2018
A soulless exercise that unreels like a well-oiled machine, with a mind-numbing bag of plot twists, and acting that is always competent, but never illuminating or hinting at anything real, except occasionally, and inconsequentially, in Colin Ferrel's Jack Mulligan. The cartoonish enforcer played by Daniel Kaluuya we've seen before, but he is genuinely scarey.
Men monstrous and self-absorbed? Check. Women when empowered capable of amazing things? check. The bad guys all lose big time (except perhaps for Colin, who in his best speech could be asking for a way out of the film)? Check. Happy endings for all the women? Check. A feel-good moment of redemption at the very end? Check.
This review of Widows (2018) was written by Swimjay on 25 Nov 2018.
Widows has generally received positive reviews.
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