Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Jan 3, 2018
- 1 min read
From the master of dark comedy, Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) comes a tale of rape, murder, vigilante justice and chaos. And it's somehow very funny.
Seven months after the death of her daughter, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) hires three billboards and writes upon them a question. Why hasn't anything been done? Police Chief Willoughby (Woody Harrelson) doesn't take to kindly to the accusations, nor does his hot-headed deputy Dixon (Sam Rockwell). So a small battle in a small town begins, one that will end with justice, regardless of who wins.
Three Billboards is an interesting, darkly funny, often just dark, look at the justice system, the people in it and the people all around. The acting is great with McDormand nailing every seen and even Harrelson, an actor I don't much care for, giving an excellent performance. And it is, surprisingly often, a very serious film tackling very serious problems, but it manages to maintain enough levity that the grim reality of the films world never quite crushes you.
And that's it, that's all I'm going to say. Three Billboards is best picture material, it's best actor, best supporting actor, best writing, best original screenplay and best cinematography material. I'll be damned if it doesn't take home at least one of those. It's good, go see, just remember, it's a dark movie, very dark, even if it's very funny as well.
Comments