Five years after directing the Oscar-winning historical drama 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen has returned… with a heist movie. But before you start wondering if he’s sold out, rest assured: Widows is the most artsy, thoughtful, and impressively cast heist movie in a long, long while. For better and for worse.
In a nutshell, Widows tells the story of three women who were recently widowed when their husbands were killed in the middle of a heist. Unfortunately, those husbands left them each in a financial lurch, with debts that need collecting and property that isn’t under any of these women’s names. With $2 million owed to a local politician with a history of violence, they only have one option: they’re going to have to pull off their husbands’ last heist themselves.
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In a nutshell, Widows tells the story of three women who were recently widowed when their husbands were killed in the middle of a heist. Unfortunately, those husbands left them each in a financial lurch, with debts that need collecting and property that isn’t under any of these women’s names. With $2 million owed to a local politician with a history of violence, they only have one option: they’re going to have to pull off their husbands’ last heist themselves.
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