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.
15 August 1957, Ljubljana, Slovenia
4 January 1983, Tipperary, Ireland
5 November 1968, Daly City, California, USA
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7 April 1952, New York City, New York, USA
7 March 1959, Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA
23 June 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
21 February 1980, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
23 February 1992, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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11 June 1969, Morristown, New Jersey, USA
11 September 1959, Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
December 26, 2017
It's a portrayal of great power yet moving stillness, and heartfelt humour combined with a ferocious will, as Mildred will not give up and will not stop.
November 30, 2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri tells the story of a woman emulating God's vengeance when she might profit more by emulating his forgiveness, especially toward herself.
November 25, 2017
McDonagh works way too hard to inject nearly every scene with his patented solution of acid wit and dark-roast comedy... It's jarringly effective until it starts to feel like shtick, at which point it works only as a numbing agent.
December 04, 2017
But while that is a rage that's exhilarating to witness, it's a rage that's not available to everyone. Just as not everyone in Ebbing can claim the protection of being considering "good," we still don't live in a world where everyone gets to be angry.
November 23, 2017
Despite McDonagh's cinematic hyperbole, it's the strength of the performances from McDormand, Harrelson and Rockwell that keeps "Three Billboards" sturdily anchored in a compellingly rendered reality.
December 19, 2017
McDormand is a swaggering lead who leaves everyone else bloodied and burned (I'm referring to the singeing capacity of her performance, but I also mean it literally too).
December 19, 2017
...a rattling good yarn with a complex plot and (rarity of rarities in mainstream cinema) a great ending.
December 25, 2017
Rich in detail yet simple in concept, Three Billboards confirms McDonagh as the most interesting maker of dark films outside, say, Scandinavia?
December 26, 2017
a curious and enjoyable dark comedy, black as night, with legit Oscar aspirations
December 01, 2017
The movie is one of the angriest films in recent memory. Yet it has moments of unlikely (yet hilarious) comedy and sincere tenderness, along with acts of nearly unwatchable violence
November 22, 2017
Takes the viewer on a dizzying ride through dark comedy, wrenching tragedy, shocking moments, karmic twists, and redemption.
