His character transforms from a vile person I absolutely hated, into a broken shell of a man who elicits a surprising amount of empathy. His portrayal of the crooked cop Dixon was one of the highlights of the film. However, as great as Harrelson was in the film, the higher praise must go to Rockwell. The two major supporting roles in this film, played by Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell, were also fantastic. McDormand’s performance was equally heartfelt and heartbreaking, and it’s easily Oscar-winning material. She’ll stop at nothing to bring justice to the man who committed the horrible murder and she becomes a character that you want to see succeed, but you’re not sure if you should be rooting for her. The character of Mildred was a hard, rough woman filled with hatred in the wake of her daughter’s death. Undoubtedly, Frances McDormand was the standout in this film. It’s not a cut and dry film with predictable characters, and there’s a lot of underlying depth to the heavy hitters in this film. The message the film conveys is that despite our normal, everyday emotional leanings, great tragedy can unearth incredible amounts of hate, love or a combination of both. There weren’t heroes or villains in this film, although we were led to believe there were at first. In terms of the story and themes in Three Billboards, I really liked the overall message of the film. While it seems like a small issue, it felt like the humor robbed too many scenes of its importance. There’s one intense scene in particular that gives important development for Mildred and her son Robbie (involving her ex-husband), but gets completely undercut by an attempt at humor that stripped the scene of it’s weight. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. However, the humor that’s sprinkled throughout the film often takes those serious moments and completely changes the tone.įor most of the film, this interweaving of twisted humor within a very serious story works surprisingly well. Three Billboards is about an unsolved, heinous murder of a teenage girl and her mother’s struggle to find answers which, due to its subject matter, lends itself to the making of some intense and emotional scenes.
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This doesn’t come as much of a surprise to me, as the movie sets an odd tone. While quite a few critics and movie goers enjoyed this film, there are a lot of people who didn’t like it much at all. The reaction surrounding this film has been a bit of a mixed bag. A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit.Īn odd mix of dark humor and heavy drama, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) is a flawed, but heartfelt exploration of how people are prone to both hatred and love in tragic situations.