The British director stumbled a bit with his second feature, Shame, then roared back with 12 Years a Slave, which took the 2014 Oscar for Best Picture. His newest feature, Widows, is the kind of double-crossing heist thriller that is usually a dime-a-dozen venture. And amazingly, this very current story is inspired by a 1983 British TV series McQueen saw when he was a boy. And yet Widows’ mood swings wildly between giddy and gritty, though always with the sense of a director in control of the story. But the best thing about Widows is that it finally provides Davis with a role worthy of her talents.

Source: National Post November 15, 2018 19:41 UTC