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90% Tomatometer 415 Reviews 87% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings After 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 William Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command, Officer Dixon -- an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence -- gets involved, the battle is only exacerbated. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri deftly balances black comedy against searing drama -- and draws unforgettable performances from its veteran cast along the way.

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Udita Jhunjhunwala Livemint McDonagh takes the audience's loyalty and swings it around, taking you on an emotionally volatile, but fascinating, drive-by in rural America. Jul 29, 2019 Full Review Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Anupama Chopra Film Companion ...tragic, comic, violent, tender and heartbreaking. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 5, 2018 Full Review Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Robert Daniels 812filmreviews Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri unfolds as a typical revenge vigilantly ploy, and could have stayed so under normal direction and screenwriting. Instead, it gets turned into one of the best pictures of the year. Rated: 4/4 Sep 5, 2018 Full Review Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Clayton Schuster Vague Visages If Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri carries a lesson or otherwise some underlying thought, then it must be that the abusers of power are struck and wounded, too, and that forgiveness and understanding offer a difficult, if imperfect, salve. Dec 6, 2023 Full Review Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Serena Seghedoni Loud and Clear Reviews don't read any spoilers, don't think about the plot, don't even watch the trailer if you can: just get yourself a ticket and go see this film. I guarantee it will be one of the best movies you will see this year. Rated: 5/5 Nov 4, 2023 Full Review Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson When the pressures of guilt and honesty are applied to its many characters, their truer traits and flaws come to the surface like rain drawing out new blooms of promise or the nightcrawler worms of hidden ugliness. Rated: 3/5 Sep 4, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Sergey B Nearly flawless film, with powerful performances and unforgettable plot. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/29/24 Full Review Fraser C A story of grief and learning, coping with pain and finalities. To those who've known unbound anger and seen the carnage it leaves, this movie will be all too familiar. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/02/24 Full Review Fred U Awesome, just awesome all the way around. The grittiness and realism was outstanding. It grips you from the very beginning and holds you at the edge of your seat. The writing, the acting, all of it from start to finish was a treasure. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/03/24 Full Review Ian W At last! in almost total agreement with both audience and critics. Excellent, original script. Well paced. Dark, violent, funny (in places). Had heard a bit about the film, but didn't realise it had been so well received and had won awards. Frances McDormand rightfully won an oscar, she is brilliant. Just wished she had bottled her ex-husband on leaving the restaurant. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/24 Full Review Alec C Grief can give way to anger, and uncontrolled anger spells trouble for anyone involved. Dissatisfied by the lack of progress into her daughters murder, Mildred sets up three billboards in an attempt to spur investigation into her death, much to the chagrin of the police and the townspeople. Emotionally raw and darkly comedic, this film explores the destructive power of anger and the consequences of revenge. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/24 Full Review Alec B Conceptually I can see how this could be as good as everyone says. Unfortunately McDonagh never finds a way to convincingly execute the Southern Gothic plot .The individual elements are there but the movie is often awkwardly forcing them all together. Also, it's sort of weird that Rockwell's character is the only one with a real arc, especially when so little of it is convincing. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/03/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Martin McDonagh Director Frances McDormand Mildred Woody Harrelson Willoughby Sam Rockwell Dixon Lucas Hedges Robbie Clarke Peters Abercrombie
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Synopsis After 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 William Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command, Officer Dixon -- an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence -- gets involved, the battle is only exacerbated.

Director
Martin McDonagh

Producer
Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh

Screenwriter
Martin McDonagh

Distributor
Fox Searchlight

Production Co
Fox Searchlight, Blueprint Pictures, Film4

Rating
R (Some Sexual References|Language Throughout|Violence)

Genre
Crime, Drama, Comedy

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 22, 2017, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 13, 2018

Box Office (Gross USA)
$54.1M

Runtime
1h 55m

Sound Mix
Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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