Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic drama from
Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh (IN BRUGES). After months have passed
without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award
winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into
her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Academy
Award nominee Woody Harrelson), the town's revered chief of police. When his
second-in-command Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), an immature mother's boy with a
penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and
Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
Critic Reviews:
- " As with all of McDonagh's work, Mildred's almost Biblical quest for
justice is marked by a dark, blistering wit, and a humanity that belies all the
deeply flawed characters, hidden under their irreverent humour and often violent
interactions. " – Hot Press
- " Sound too bleak? For some, perhaps. But in McDonagh's careful hands,
it's a Cirque du Soleil-like tightrope walk, gracefully balancing the harrowing
with the humorous. " – San Jose Mercury News
- " Emotional, impactful, hilarious, riveting, and, most importantly,
thoroughly entertaining. " – Mike Massie (Gone With
The Twins)