The mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands — proving unexpectedly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition… literally.
Acting
Moss's unhinged transformation steals every scene she's in.
Costume
Seventies fashion as armor — fur coats and blood never looked better.
Direction
Berloff's debut captures comic-book grit with unflinching female gaze.
Director
Andrea Berloff
Melissa McCarthy
Kathy Brennan
Tiffany Haddish
Ruby O'Carroll
Elisabeth Moss
Claire Walsh
Domhnall Gleeson
Gabriel O'Malley
Bill Camp
Alfonso Coretti
Margo Martindale
Helen O'Carroll
Common
Gary Silvers
James Badge Dale
Kevin O'Carroll
Brian d'Arcy James
Jimmy Brennan
Jeremy Bobb
Rob Walsh
E.J. Bonilla
Gonzalo Martinez
Wayne Duvall
Larry - Kathy's Father
Annabella Sciorra
Maria Coretti
Myk Watford
Little Jackie Quinn
Pamela Dunlap
Mary - Kathy's Mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the DC Vertigo comic by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle, which ran only eight issues but built a devoted cult following.
Released months after 'Widows' and months before 'Hustlers,' forming an accidental 2019 trilogy of women-led crime films that studios weirdly failed to market as a movement.
US
