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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command, Officer Dixon -- an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence -- gets involved, the battle is only exacerbated.
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri deftly balances black comedy against searing drama -- and draws unforgettable performances from its veteran cast along the way.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint McDonagh takes the audience's loyalty and swings it around, taking you on an emotionally volatile, but fascinating, drive-by in rural America. Jul 29, 2019 Full Review Anupama Chopra Film Companion ...tragic, comic, violent, tender and heartbreaking. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 5, 2018 Full Review Robert Daniels 812filmreviews Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri unfolds as a typical revenge vigilantly ploy, and could have stayed so under normal direction and screenwriting. Instead, it gets turned into one of the best pictures of the year. Rated: 4/4 Sep 5, 2018 Full Review Clayton Schuster Vague Visages If Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri carries a lesson or otherwise some underlying thought, then it must be that the abusers of power are struck and wounded, too, and that forgiveness and understanding offer a difficult, if imperfect, salve. Dec 6, 2023 Full Review Serena Seghedoni Loud and Clear Reviews don't read any spoilers, don't think about the plot, don't even watch the trailer if you can: just get yourself a ticket and go see this film. I guarantee it will be one of the best movies you will see this year. Rated: 5/5 Nov 4, 2023 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson When the pressures of guilt and honesty are applied to its many characters, their truer traits and flaws come to the surface like rain drawing out new blooms of promise or the nightcrawler worms of hidden ugliness. Rated: 3/5 Sep 4, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rob W Writing and cast are excellent. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/25 Full Review Drew F Mostly entertaining. Ending leaves a little on the table. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/25 Full Review Martin B I am giving 2 stars because the acting is not terrible- plot-wise I give one-I watched this when it came out and again 2 days ago. Both times had a very hard time forcing myself to get to the end. A bleak picture of what I guess life is supposed to be like in the heartland of America. The characters are cartoonish and one-dimensional, the plot is full of holes and barely believeable. A pathetic statement on the state of our country, and not an accurate one-there is more to us than this portrayal. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/13/25 Full Review Ads T Great film driven by knotty drama and dark humour. It also made me curious about a sequel! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/25 Full Review Hamilton C Went into this film with very high expectations based on the reviews and fanfare surrounding it. To be honest the film was a bit of a let down. The main character (Mildred) has a tragic backstory and you feel sympathy for her, but the problem is she is written in such a way that she's completely dislikable and unpleasant whenever she's on screen. Unfortunately this trend applies to pretty much all of the characters, which makes it difficult to enjoy your time watching. The main sheriff (played by Harrelson) is arguably the best character, but the film continually tries to discredit him. The film also has an issue with messaging. They continually call the police racists, but show no evidence of it excluding a couple of remarks at the beginning of the film. Additionally there are some blantantly offensive remarks directed towards Christianity sprinkled throughout which again confuse the messaging. Pacing is also an issue as I found myself getting bored several times, despite being intrigued where the plot was heading. The acting was solid and the casting was good, but those are generally the only good points. The cinematograpy and soundtrack were passable. Overall I'd probably not watch this again and I wouldn't recommend it. It's a fairly bland and uninteresting story. What a shame. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/16/25 Full Review Mate P Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a terrific film. All the characters are intriguing and the dialogues are very funny. The writing is just perfect. The characters are all very unique, while non of them are pure perfection or pure evil. My favourite character is Bill, he seemed to be the nicest person, who didn't always complain even though he probably had the biggest problem. This movie is definitely about character drama, but the dialogues are extremely funny and I loved that. The plot is also very intriguing. The cinematography is gorgeous, I loved the landscape shots. The production design is vivid and colourful. The pacing is perfect, I didn't want the movie to end, it never felt boring. The score is also beautiful. The acting performances were spectacular. Woody Harrelson was my favourite, while Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell were outstanding too. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is perfectly-written, gorgeously-shot and it has a few memorable acting performances. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command, Officer Dixon -- an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence -- gets involved, the battle is only exacerbated.
Director
Martin McDonagh
Producer
Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh
Screenwriter
Martin McDonagh
Distributor
Fox Searchlight
Production Co
Fox Searchlight, Blueprint Pictures, Film4
Rating
R (Some Sexual References|Language Throughout|Violence)
Genre
Crime, Drama, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 22, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 13, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$54.1M
Runtime
1h 55m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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