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Widows is in cinemas now ... but should you see it?

We review the new thriller starring Oscar and Emmy winner Viola Davis - by Gavin Scott
  • 23 Nov 2018
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STARRING: Viola Davis
Veronica Rawlins (Davis) is a woman on the edge. Played by Oscar winner Davis, she’s a tightly wound coil, with a cuddly Westie in her tailored lap and a sleek apartment underwritten by her shady husband, Harry (Liam Neeson). When Harry and his crew are killed in a robbery, Veronica and the other crooks’ widows are left on the hook to a ruthless politico (Brian Tyree Henry) and his psychotic brother (Daniel Kaluuya). Under Veronica’s icy tutelage, the women – a tour-de-force trio of Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Erivo – plot their own risky heist to get square. But to pull it off they need to outfox a dirty alderman (Colin Farrell) and his fixer father (Robert Duvall). 
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