Movie #1474 "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" is a tough one to put in a genre --- it's indie in style, quirky in humor, hard to watch in places, and probably the goofiest film to come along in a while. Well, look at the cast ---- a bunch of livewires like Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, John Hawkes, Zeljko Ivanek and Peter Dinklage. It's almost as if they handpicked all the outside- the- box actors in Hollywood..... then the twists and turns in this script -- one minute someone is shouting, the next a knife is pulled to her neck. Another, Mildred walks like she is going to kill a man with a bottle in her hand, and the next she is nicely placing it on a table and smiling and walking away. It's almost as if a bunch of people hunkered in a room and suggested what the next scenes would be, and they all decided it would be the least likely. This film gets to the bone --- it's raw --- everything about it is terse --- the editing, the dialogue --- the only time it waits on anything, is for a stare. It's intense. It's like nothing you have ever seen. For that, it demands attention, and it will get it. It won the Golden Globe on Sunday , and it could win the Oscar ---- maybe. It could be too raw for that, though. It tackles the subjects that are so timely right now: racism, strong female and what is feminism, redemption, revenge, what is right from wrong, abuse, alcoholism, forgiveness, and the list goes on...... I know a lot of movies are dealing with these subjects, but it's the way this one does it --- turns them on their heads and makes you emotionally respond --- with humor to boot. 4.5 out of 5 --- it's violent --- to the point of turning your head, but not leaving the theatre. I recommend it as one of the best this year.
"THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI" --- rated R 2017
When law enforcement fails to make headway on the months-long hunt for her daughter's killer, Mildred Hayes takes the drastic step of putting up three large signs questioning the motivation of the town's widely respected police chief.
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