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In a film that most definitely passes the Bechdel test countless times over, these women feel real, messy and intricately layered and while their situations might differ they all desire some form of financial independence.

Brittiska tv-serien ”Änkorna” kom 1983. Intrigen är ganska lik när allt flyttat till USA, men intensiteten och tempot högre. Det är våldsammare och brutalare, även i dialogen.

Steve McQueen ved sandelig hvad han foretager sig, og det er nærmest neglebidende spændende at se hvordan disse underdogs langsomt men sikkert finder deres fodfæste.

McQueen behandler de mange lag i den ellers såresimple hævnhistorie med stort filmisk overskud.

McQueen’s masterful film is the kind that works on multiple levels simultaneously—as pure pulp entertainment but also as a commentary on how often it feels like we have to take what we are owed or risk never getting it at all.

The performances are all taut and terrific, as is the direction.

...a thrilling piece of visual storytelling about inequality and opportunity.

...the strong performances, grounded world, and clean, matter-of-fact direction by McQueen easily elevate 'Widows' above most heist movies.

Viola Davis gives a commanding performance in McQueen's first genuinely commercial movie, a #MeToo revenge story with a Black Lives Matter backbone.

If Widows is pulp, it’s pulp made with intelligence and craft and an urgent social conscience. One might even call it a throwback to a richer era of American studio movies...

...Widows is dark and frantic, concerned with the risks people take out of desperation or greed. The stakes feel real, and McQueen positions the story within the context of the world we live in

Steve McQueen outguns Scorsese with a swaggering, supercharged crime epic.

...kup-thriller, politisk drama og en historie om sårede kvinder, der kæmper for at overleve i en verden, hvor mænd, penge og vold bestemmer.

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