Widows is a movie directed by Steve McQueen in 2018 and based on the book of the same name by Lynda La Plante, first published in 1983. The movie features Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Liam Neeson, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
Taking place in modern-day Chicago during a period of upheaval, four women who share nothing in common except the financial burden left by their deceased husbands’ criminal actions decide to seize control of their destiny. They hatch a plan to shape their own future according to their terms.
Movie vs Book
Year
2018
Minutes
129
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Year
1983
Pages
288
Book Rate
7.88
S: Goodreads
Book
Widows
Author: Lynda La Plante
Country: UK
First published in: 1983
Length: 288 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Dolly Rawlins
Other screen adaptations of the book
TV Mini-Series by Ian Toynton
TV Mini-Series by Geoffrey Sax
User polls & recommendations
“The job of the screenplay is to extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen maintaining its essence.”
BARRY EISLER (Writer)
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