Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017 · 115 min · EN · R · 8.1 (11,272 votes)
Dir. Martin McDonagh · Starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Lucas Hedges, Željko Ivanek · Music Carter Burwell

“A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.”

CrimeDrama

After seven 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 Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

VIBE

This film feels like a raw, emotional punch, laced with a surprising, often uncomfortable, dark humor. It's a journey through simmering rage and desperate quests for justice, set against a backdrop of small-town complexities. Expect a challenging, yet deeply human, exploration of flawed characters navigating an unforgiving world.

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