So I recently watched Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado...
After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes (played by Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (played by Woody Harrelson), the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command, Officer Dixon (played by Sam Rockwell) -- an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence -- gets involved, the battle is only exacerbated.
This is one of the darker films of the year. What makes the film so dark is that it uses a very uncensored style of humor during several serious moments that help you connect with each character and nobody in the film has any filters when it comes to saying what they want to say. Some of the things people say in the film are shocking and often funny, but some of it goes a little too far and seems unrealistic that a person would say those types of things to people in public. The performances are absolutely stellar in every sense of the word and the main standout is Frances McDormand and she just brings such a get on screen presence to the film and gives what could be her best performance of her career and this could easily win her another Oscar. Both Woody Harrellson and Sam Rockwell are also great in the film as well and they just play their respective characters so well and bring them so much life. Story wise there are some things that you'd expect to see in a film like this, but it does a good job of throwing curve balls at you to keep you off the pace in trying to figure out how the film ends. There are some scenes in the film that will make you cringe both in a good and bad way simply because of how they are executed and what happens within those scenes. Another great thing about the film is that it does relate to some people in the real world in the sense that there are certain situations in which people have actually gone through which will help them connect more with the film and its characters. Overall this is a really solid film with a terrific ensemble that has some of the great collection of performances of the year and while the humor is great some of it does go too far and it makes you feel uncomfortable. I give Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri a 9 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes (played by Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (played by Woody Harrelson), the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command, Officer Dixon (played by Sam Rockwell) -- an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence -- gets involved, the battle is only exacerbated.
This is one of the darker films of the year. What makes the film so dark is that it uses a very uncensored style of humor during several serious moments that help you connect with each character and nobody in the film has any filters when it comes to saying what they want to say. Some of the things people say in the film are shocking and often funny, but some of it goes a little too far and seems unrealistic that a person would say those types of things to people in public. The performances are absolutely stellar in every sense of the word and the main standout is Frances McDormand and she just brings such a get on screen presence to the film and gives what could be her best performance of her career and this could easily win her another Oscar. Both Woody Harrellson and Sam Rockwell are also great in the film as well and they just play their respective characters so well and bring them so much life. Story wise there are some things that you'd expect to see in a film like this, but it does a good job of throwing curve balls at you to keep you off the pace in trying to figure out how the film ends. There are some scenes in the film that will make you cringe both in a good and bad way simply because of how they are executed and what happens within those scenes. Another great thing about the film is that it does relate to some people in the real world in the sense that there are certain situations in which people have actually gone through which will help them connect more with the film and its characters. Overall this is a really solid film with a terrific ensemble that has some of the great collection of performances of the year and while the humor is great some of it does go too far and it makes you feel uncomfortable. I give Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri a 9 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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