Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

R

2017

1h 55m

Crime

Drama

Comedy

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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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Critics Consensus

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

07/29/2019

McDonagh takes the audience's loyalty and swings it around, taking you on an emotionally volatile, but fascinating, drive-by in rural America.

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Anupama Chopra

Film Companion

09/05/2018

3.5/5

...tragic, comic, violent, tender and heartbreaking.

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Robert Daniels

812filmreviews

09/05/2018

4/4

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.

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Clayton Schuster

Vague Visages

12/06/2023

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.

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Serena Seghedoni

Loud and Clear Reviews

11/04/2023

5/5

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.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

09/04/2023

3/5

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.

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Brent G

@bgillett86 2d

Incredible performances muddled by inconsistent messaging. I did enjoy it for what it is, the blend of comedy and drama is done deftly; I am just not sure what writer/director Martin McDonagh is trying to say.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Mar 1

Funny in 1 hour and 55 minutes. Rated R for Some Sexual References, Language Throughout and Violence. Academy Award winner in 2018 for Best Actress (Frances McDormand) and Best Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell).

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Downriver R

@Downriver Feb 24

Awsome movie. Masterclass in acting. Cast is the absolute best. Demands your attention from start to finish. A must see. This is a movie that is at the top of it class in everything from drama to comedy/acting/casting/story is the absolute best. Sam Rockwell is my favorite actor. Every movie he's in I'm going and watching after seeing this. Future film makers need to watch this and take notes because this movie will transcend generations. I loved it my kids love it. Some movies are more than movies, this one is most definitely not just a movie it's a work of art that will leave you thinking about it for days/weeks to come after seeing it. I've seen it atleast 20 times now and it only gets better. The performances from this cast is something special.

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Alain E

@AlainE Feb 17

On rewatching it I am afraid that this didn’t age well. Most of the situations and characters are cartoonish. McDormand drills a hole in the dentist’s thumb and walks away after rinsing and spitting and there are no consequences. Apparently Ebbing has billboards but no lawyers, who they usually advertise on them. Rockwell is an old school racist, who just modified his vocabulary. And so forth. A total waste of time. Tolerated thirty minutes.

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Calvin T

@Calvin504 Feb 6

Acting was top teir....I just didn't like the ending

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Diana L

@D313lee Feb 4

Acting so good that it left me speechless long after the movie was finished.

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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
Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Production Co: Fox Searchlight, Film4, Blueprint Pictures
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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