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Widows

2018 · 129 min · Director: Steve McQueen ★ IMDb 6.8 · 110,029 ratings

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"Widows" is the story of four women with nothing in common, except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Viola Davis), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.

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Widows (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Anxiety 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Anxiety, Sadness. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Anxiety and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Hope

Tension
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then dips around 33 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension70 %58 %25 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Sadness61 %45 %34 %34 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Tension54 %45 %31 %29 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Tension55 %50 %35 %25 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Sympathy53 %44 %39 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Tension48 %41 %27 %21 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Tension45 %41 %20 %15 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Tension54 %49 %31 %19 %
42.5 %≈ 55′Disturbing67 %57 %51 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 61′Sympathy66 %55 %57 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 68′Tension65 %59 %56 %49 %
57.5 %≈ 74′Sympathy71 %66 %57 %51 %
62.5 %≈ 81′Tension66 %63 %49 %41 %
67.5 %≈ 87′Tension58 %55 %33 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 94′Tension56 %53 %29 %19 %
77.5 %≈ 100′Sympathy61 %57 %34 %20 %
82.5 %≈ 106′Tension75 %73 %36 %20 %
87.5 %≈ 113′Tension85 %84 %45 %35 %
92.5 %≈ 119′Tension81 %64 %51 %53 %
97.5 %≈ 126′Hope70 %30 %48 %50 %
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

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Elizabeth Debicki

Colin Farrell

Jack Mulligan

Robert Duvall

Tom Mulligan

Liam Neeson

Harry Rawlings

Brian Tyree Henry

Jamal Manning

Daniel Kaluuya

Jatemme Manning

Lukas Haas

David

Carrie Coon

Amanda

Jacki Weaver

Agnieska

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Molly Kunz

Siobhan

Jon Bernthal

Florek

Kevin J. O'Connor

Bobby Welsh

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Michael Harney

Fuller

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Clare Cooney

Alice's Friend

Details

Directed by
Steve McQueen
Written by
Steve McQueen, Gillian Flynn, Lynda La Plante
Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
129 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 110,029 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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