Despite its shortcomings, I would highly recommend this movie to anyone looking for a good laugh, a good cry, or ideally a little bit of both.Months have passed since the sexually abused charred body of Angela Hayes was discovered by the small town authorities in the mountainous tranquillity of Ebbing, Missouri.
I think many of the actors did fantastic jobs and deserve wins, but the screenplay left something to be desired. Three Billboards was nominated for 7 Oscar awards, including best picture and best original screenplay, but is not expected to win due to controversy around its racial message. The director, Martin McDonagh, had no reservations with actors using all manner of slurs and clearly had a lot to say about the culture of some small towns in the south, but that was not the point of his movie, and just left me somewhat confused about what exactly the message was. The film dealt with many difficult topics such as police brutality and institutionalized racism, but does not really seem to convey anything of significance about them. It was maybe one of the funniest movies I’ve seen recently, most likely the darkest, and definitely the one with the most descriptive title.
I found myself constantly changing my mind on which characters I was rooting for, which was a good display of the complex nature of good and bad, or maybe of my indecisiveness. Three Billboards was filled with sharp, witty dialogue, intense action, and heart-wrenching moments. When other townsfolk and policemen get involved, the situation escalates in unpredictable ways. As the credits rolled on Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and one guy in the second row started to clap, I was glad that I had spent the last two hours of my life with it, and decided that coming to see it alone on a school night was definitely worth it.įrances McDormand delivers a powerful performance as a mother in southern Missouri trying to get justice for her daughter’s murder by putting up three controversial billboards near her home, criticizing the town’s beloved police chief.
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