

Widows
Left with nothing. Capable of anything.
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.
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6.5/10
2,557 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $42M
- Box office
- $76M
- Language
- English
- chicago, illinois
- politics
- widow
- feminism
- politician
- heist
- flashback
- remake
- money
- betrayal
- mob boss
- neo-noir
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR16 Nov 2018
- Physical5 Feb 2019
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical156 Nov 2018
- Digital / OTT1518 Mar 2019
- Physical1518 Mar 2019
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalMA15+29 Jan 2019
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival8 Sept 2018
BrazilBR
- Theatrical16Fox Film mj.gov.br20 Nov 2018
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+29 Nov 2018
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1522 Nov 2018
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical30 Nov 2018
FranceFR
- TheatricalU28 Nov 2018
- Digital / OTTVOD28 Mar 2019
- PhysicalDVD, Blu-Ray & 4K UHD3 Apr 2019
- Digital / OTT16Netflix28 May 2022
GermanyDE
- Theatrical166 Dec 2018
GreeceGR
- Theatrical22 Nov 2018
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalIIB6 Dec 2018
Frequently asked questions
Widows was released on 6 November 2018.
Audience reviews
5- C
cityguide
9/5/2018
Director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn co-wrote the screenplay for his crazy-intense looking crime thriller starring queen of all queens, Viola Davis. Those three names are honestly all it would take to lure us to a theater, but it actually gets better: the film, based on Lynda La Plante’s novel of the same name, follows four women whose duplicitous husbands’ deaths lead them dow…
- C
cityguide
9/5/2018
Director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn co-wrote the screenplay for his crazy-intense looking crime thriller starring queen of all queens, Viola Davis. Those three names are honestly all it would take to lure us to a theater, but it actually gets better: the film, based on Lynda La Plante’s novel of the same name, follows four women whose duplicitous husbands’ deaths lead them dow…
- M6/10
mram16
11/22/2018
This film contains two movies, and I enjoyed one of them: Widows is the story of a trio of...well, widows, who hatch a scheme to pull off a heist. The reason why the widows choose to pull off this heist in the first place is a threat by gangster-turned-political-hopeful Jamal Manning (played by Brian Tyree Henry). It was his money that the deceased husbands of the women were trying to steal before dying in an expl…
- G6/10
Gimly
2/3/2019
Arguably longer than it had to be, particualrly when a lot of side-stories had little context and zero payoff. But there is not a **single** member of this cast who disappoints. Obviously heist movies are not a new thing, but there has never been a heist movie like _Widows_ before. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
- S6/10
Stephen Campbell
6/25/2019
**_Looks amazing, but tries to cover too many issues, and the plot is laughable_** > **Reggie Ugwu**: _What fascinates about seeing women in historically masculine roles? Do you see something qualitatively different about the way women and men conduct themselves?_ > > **Viola Davis**: _All we want from women is for them to be pretty, and for them to be kind. And it's those shallow qualities associated with woma…
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