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After seven months pass with no progress on the police investigation, Mildred rents the titular three billboards outside town and uses them to very publicly ask why Sheriff Willoughby (Woody Harrelson) hasn’t managed to make any arrests in the murder of her daughter.īecause Willoughby is a popular local figure (and a man who is known to be dying of cancer) the billboards turn much of the town against Mildred - most notably the drunk, racist, violent police officer Jason Dixon (Sam Rockwell.) We later learn that, dysfunction in the police department notwithstanding, Willoughby most likely did all he possibly could to try to solve the crime, and he emerges as something of a poignant and tragic figure. In Three Billboards, set in a small town in rural Missouri, Mildred Hayes (McDormand) is the mother of a daughter, Angela, who has been raped and murdered.

It has plentiful empathy for its characters, and sympathy among them is likely to shift, in the audience's eyes, throughout the film. For a film about such heavy subjects, it’s surprisingly, and even poignantly funny, while handling all of its tonal shifts impeccably. The film deals with many sensitive topics - crime, sexual assault, cancer, suicide, racism, police brutality - without really getting preachy or even necessarily political about them. Related: Three Billboards Trailer #2: Frances McDormand Wants Justice The movie’s strong performances go uncommonly deep, with McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Lucas Hedges, and John Hawkes all delivering some of their best-ever on-screen turns. Three Billboards - currently at 95% fresh on the Tomatometer - has garnered widespread praise for several reasons. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, from writer/director Martin McDonagh ( In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths) drew widespread praise at the Venice, Toronto and Philadelphia Film Festivals this fall, ahead of its limited release on November 10th, and wider release on November 17th. One of this year’s biggest awards contenders is a small, quiet film about a mother (Frances McDormand) seeking justice following the rape and murder of her daughter.

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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