Widows

Yesterday was kind of a dark and dreary day so I decided to spend it in a movie theater by seeing Widows.  Viola Davis, in an incredible performance, plays Veronica Rawlins.  Her world suddenly falls apart when her husband Harry (Liam Neeson) is killed, along with his associates, in a robbery gone wrong.  Harry stole $2 million from Jamal Manning (Brian Tyree Henry), who is running for alderman of his ward, but the money was burned in the explosion that killed him and now Manning wants Veronica to repay him.  She finds Harry's plans for his next job and recruits the widows of his former associates, Alice (Elizabeth Debicki) and Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), to help her carry out the heist in order to repay Manning.  They are in over their heads but they are desperate and that is what makes their story so compelling (it is so much better than Ocean's 8, to which it will inevitably be compared, because the stakes are higher).  The supporting cast is outstanding, including Colin Farrell as the politician trying to hold on the alderman seat that has been in his family for years, Robert Duvall as his corrupt father, Daniel Kaluuya as Manning's brother and henchman, and Cynthia Erivo, as a single mother recruited to be the getaway driver.  The action is intense and suspenseful with a wild plot twist that made me gasp out loud and a resolution that made me cheer.  It is a heist movie that is so much more than a heist movie and I found it to be highly entertaining.

Note:  I literally did spend the whole day in the theater because I saw Bohemian Rhapsody again, not once but twice.  Clearly I have lost my mind.