A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 132 wins & 233 nominations total
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- TriviaWriter and director Martin McDonagh was inspired to write the movie after seeing billboards about an unsolved crime while travelling "somewhere down in the Georgia, Florida, Alabama corner."
- GoofsWhen the mail assistant hands Red the envelope of money she is heard talking but when the camera pans to her she is not moving her lips.
- Quotes
Mildred Hayes: Hey fuckhead!
Dixon: What?
Desk Sergeant: Don't say what, Dixon. When she comes in calling you a "fuckhead."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Roeper's Reviews: Best Movies of 2017 (2017)
- SoundtracksLast Rose of Summer (Thomas Moore)
Written by Thomas Moore (poem)
Performed by Renée Fleming, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
Courtesy of Decca Music Group Limited
Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Music by Friedrich von Flotow (uncredited)
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Extremely funny film about grief, anger, revenge and violence
It seemed that the pregnant police detective Marge Gunderson from 'Fargo' would forever be the most memorable character of Frances McDormand's acting career. But now I'm not so sure. Mildred Hayes, the heroine from 'Three Billboards', is a serious contender. This might well be her best performance ever.
The part of Mildred Hayes was written with McDormand in mind. Hayes is a divorced single mother, living with her son on the outskirts of a small, remote town. She had a daughter too, but the girl was raped and killed on a quiet mountain road not far from home. Frustrated by the lack of progress of the investigation, Hayes decides to rent three dilapidated billboards, publicly accusing the local police chief of incompetence. By doing so, she attracts the attention of the media, angers almost the entire town and causes a succession of increasingly violent actions.
Although the film is about grief, anger, revenge and violence, it is extremely funny. Above all because of Mildred Hayes' stubborn character and her ability to verbally humiliate people by her extremely sharp tongue. The monologue she delivers when a priest visits her house to tell her she has gone too far, is priceless.
Apart from McDormand's performance, the screenplay is another great feature of this film. The story is full of unexpected twists, gradually shifting the positions of the main characters towards each other. None of the characters are one-dimensional: they all reveal surprising parts of their personalities as the story moves forward.
And then there is the overall, almost Coen-esque atmosphere of a small town full of colourful characters. There is a racist cop, a friendly midget, a smart advertising guy and a pretty girl who is so dumb she doesn't know the difference between polo and polio.
It is hard to mention something negative about this film. 'Three Billboards' is, from start to finish, a great movie. I can't imagine anyone not enjoying it.
The part of Mildred Hayes was written with McDormand in mind. Hayes is a divorced single mother, living with her son on the outskirts of a small, remote town. She had a daughter too, but the girl was raped and killed on a quiet mountain road not far from home. Frustrated by the lack of progress of the investigation, Hayes decides to rent three dilapidated billboards, publicly accusing the local police chief of incompetence. By doing so, she attracts the attention of the media, angers almost the entire town and causes a succession of increasingly violent actions.
Although the film is about grief, anger, revenge and violence, it is extremely funny. Above all because of Mildred Hayes' stubborn character and her ability to verbally humiliate people by her extremely sharp tongue. The monologue she delivers when a priest visits her house to tell her she has gone too far, is priceless.
Apart from McDormand's performance, the screenplay is another great feature of this film. The story is full of unexpected twists, gradually shifting the positions of the main characters towards each other. None of the characters are one-dimensional: they all reveal surprising parts of their personalities as the story moves forward.
And then there is the overall, almost Coen-esque atmosphere of a small town full of colourful characters. There is a racist cop, a friendly midget, a smart advertising guy and a pretty girl who is so dumb she doesn't know the difference between polo and polio.
It is hard to mention something negative about this film. 'Three Billboards' is, from start to finish, a great movie. I can't imagine anyone not enjoying it.
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- rubenm
- Oct 16, 2017
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- 3 Billboards
- Filming locations
- Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA(billboards on North Fork Left Fork Road)
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- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $54,513,740
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $322,168
- Nov 12, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $162,729,321
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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