The Widow

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Season 1
User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 5 out of 18
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  1. EludiumQ36
    Mar 19, 2019
    2
    So much squandered potential. Kate Beckinsale. Every guys' celebrity crush and the only reason this rates 2-stars, and she's not even that good in this. The pacing is so slow in this weak mystery that you will age out before it's over. I turned grey just getting through the first ep! This series plays like those B-series/movies from the early 90s. It's just so lackluster in every aspect.So much squandered potential. Kate Beckinsale. Every guys' celebrity crush and the only reason this rates 2-stars, and she's not even that good in this. The pacing is so slow in this weak mystery that you will age out before it's over. I turned grey just getting through the first ep! This series plays like those B-series/movies from the early 90s. It's just so lackluster in every aspect. Nothing, nothing has redeeming value here. The overall setting is the Democratic Republic of the Congo as you're constantly reminded and can you think of a worse setting in Africa?! Do you want to sit through 8 1-hr episodes staring at the filth and poverty of this landscape?! And Kate's character and the guy she runs around with must have all the time and money in the world to pursue the mystery and there's absolutely no conflict evident, no deadlines, no dwindling resources, no random violence against them, no setbacks. This is all evidence of someone who failed Plots 103 in film school. Just a fail of a series all around.… Expand
  2. LoudestOne
    May 16, 2019
    6
    A good show that is well acted, the story did not feel like it could have been real.

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#11 Most Shared TV Season of 2019

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Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The Times
    Reviewed by: Carol Midgley
    Jan 7, 2020
    60
    It had an intriguing, if mad, plot, huge ambitions spanning three countries and complex strands including Congolese child soldiers. Unfortunately, the dialogue hadn't quite got the memo. For such a vaulting project, some of it was comically corny.
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  2. The Independent
    Reviewed by: Sean O'Grady
    Jan 3, 2020
    60
    Watching The Widow was like wandering around an African street market – far too many distractions and far too many tall tales to take much of the offering at face value. So you don’t end up buying much.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Hanh Nguyen
    Mar 1, 2019
    75
    Affecting performances keep the series from going off the rails. Beckinsale again proves a compelling leading lady, capable of measured emotion without becoming overly maudlin even while wielding a machine gun and evading bad guys. Charles Dance and Alex Kingston imbue their characters with irascible humanity, and newcomer Shalom Nyandiko gives a beautiful and natural performance as young Adidja, a young Congolese girl forced to join a militia.
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