7.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Widows (2018)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.7
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Neutral
Race Swap: Yes
Christianity: Negative
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film explicitly critiques systemic political corruption, racial inequality, and the patriarchal power structures that force marginalized women into desperate acts, thereby promoting a progressive view of societal problems and the need for agency against them.
The movie demonstrates significant DEI through the explicit racial recasting of its lead character, a role traditionally assumed white, with a Black actress. Furthermore, the narrative strongly critiques traditional white male power structures, portraying them negatively as central antagonists, while empowering a diverse group of women to overcome these forces.
Secondary
The film features a closeted gay politician whose affair with a male aide is revealed and used for political leverage. While this plot point highlights vulnerability, the film neither affirms nor denigrates his queer identity, presenting it as a factual element with narrative consequences rather than a statement on LGBTQ+ lives.
The 2018 film "Widows" adapts the 1983 British TV series. Several main characters, including Veronica Rawlins, Linda Perelli, and Alice Coletta, were portrayed by actors of different races compared to their original depictions in the source material.
The film portrays the powerful Mulligan political family, who are prominent adherents of Christianity, as deeply corrupt and hypocritical. Their association with the church and Christian identity is leveraged for political gain, while their actions are violent and self-serving. The narrative uses religious institutions as a backdrop to highlight the family's moral failings and abuse of power.
The film "Widows" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a group of women executing a heist, with no elements related to transgender identity present in the story.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2018 film is an adaptation of a 1983 miniseries and novel. The core characters, the widows and their deceased husbands, maintain their original genders from the source material. No established character's gender was altered for this adaptation.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
6.5
Critic Ratings
9.1
8.4
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