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    'Widows' review: Riveting heist thriller finds Viola Davis taking on every rat in Chicago — and winning

    by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune Nov 14, 2018 3 minutes

    I can't speak for all of them, but Chicagoans will watch the terrific and unexpectedly soulful crime drama "Widows" one way, while everybody else experiences a separate but related movie.

    Either way, it works, and never in ways you can entirely anticipate. Director Steve McQueen's first feature since winning the Academy Award for "12 Years a Slave," this is commercial pulp fiction of a high order, splendidly acted right down to the smallest bit roles.

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