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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  • 20172017
  • RR
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
493K
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Woody Harrelson, Frances McDormand, and Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
In this darkly comic drama, a mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder, when they fail to catch the culprit.
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  • Comedy
  • Crime
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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.
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
493K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
944
81
  • Director
    • Martin McDonagh
  • Writer
    • Martin McDonagh
  • Stars
    • Frances McDormand
    • Woody Harrelson
    • Sam Rockwell
Top credits
  • Director
    • Martin McDonagh
  • Writer
    • Martin McDonagh
  • Stars
    • Frances McDormand
    • Woody Harrelson
    • Sam Rockwell
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    • 1.3KUser reviews
    • 573Critic reviews
    • 88Metascore
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  • Top rated movie #167
    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 133 wins & 235 nominations total

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    Im Not Explaining Myself
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    Hey Fuckhead
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    Visit To The Dentist
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    Civil Rights Laws Prevents That
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    Civil Rights Laws Prevents That
    The Rise of Oscar Winner Frances McDormand
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    The Rise of Oscar Winner Frances McDormand
    Sam Rockwell on Playing Dim in 'Three Billboards'
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    Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
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    Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
    Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
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    Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
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    Woody Harrelson and Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
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    Frances McDormand
    Frances McDormand
    • Mildredas Mildred
    Woody Harrelson
    Woody Harrelson
    • Willoughbyas Willoughby
    Sam Rockwell
    Sam Rockwell
    • Dixonas Dixon
    Caleb Landry Jones
    Caleb Landry Jones
    • Red Welbyas Red Welby
    Kerry Condon
    Kerry Condon
    • Pamelaas Pamela
    Alejandro Barrios
    Alejandro Barrios
    • Latinoas Latino
    Jason Ledford
    • Latino #2as Latino #2
    Darrell Britt-Gibson
    Darrell Britt-Gibson
    • Jeromeas Jerome
    Abbie Cornish
    Abbie Cornish
    • Anneas Anne
    Riya May Atwood
    • Pollyas Polly
    Selah Atwood
    • Janeas Jane
    Lucas Hedges
    Lucas Hedges
    • Robbieas Robbie
    Zeljko Ivanek
    Zeljko Ivanek
    • Desk Sergeantas Desk Sergeant
    Amanda Warren
    Amanda Warren
    • Deniseas Denise
    Malaya Rivera Drew
    Malaya Rivera Drew
    • Gabriellaas Gabriella
    Sandy Martin
    Sandy Martin
    • Momma Dixonas Momma Dixon
    Peter Dinklage
    Peter Dinklage
    • Jamesas James
    Christopher Berry
    Christopher Berry
    • Tonyas Tony
    • Director
      • Martin McDonagh
    • Writer
      • Martin McDonagh
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Writer 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."
    • Goofs
      SPOILER: The burning billboards are Hollywood trickery. Fires do not burn just on one side of a wooden billboard. The amount of flames would have burned through them, leaving jagged pieces of wood and ash.

      Secondly, the billboards showed no structural damage when the surface was being papered again. There is no way that the billboards would just have had burned paper and not the wooden structure beneath it also.
    • Quotes

      Mildred Hayes: Hey fuckhead!

      Dixon: What?

      Desk Sergeant: Don't say what, Dixon. When she comes in calling you a "fuckhead."

    • Connections
      Featured in Roeper's Reviews: Best Movies of 2017 (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Last 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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    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    A comedic masterpiece with a stellar leading performance from Frances McDormand.
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a dark comedy that has an a-list cast with names like Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes, and Peter Dinklage. It centers around Mildred Hayes, a woman whose daughter was raped and killed, and who believes that the local police have not done enough about it. In reaction, she erects three billboards outside of her town that send a message to the sheriff about the state of the investigation.

    Writer/director Martin McDonagh (Seven Psychopaths, In Bruges) has outdone himself with this one. In my opinion, if this isn't one of the top Oscar contenders come awards season, then Hollywood has officially lost its mind.

    Basically everything about this film works: from the acting, to the writing, to the direction. Mcdormand gives the performance of her career here, giving us humor through all the pain clearly shown on her face. Rockwell also gives his best performance here as a cop who isn't that bright and is more than a little racist.

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is probably the most unpredictable film of the year, and that's coming from a year that includes films like Baby Driver and Logan. There are scenes where you think that you know where the plot is going, but then midway through it completely flips the script.

    For the entire run-time of this film, I was invested. It has the perfect run-time; it ends exactly when it needs to and there is not a scene that feels out of place.

    It seems like one of the hardest things to do in film nowadays is to balance comedy and drama. However, this movie does it effortlessly. Each scene has just the right amount of comedy and drama, and sometimes, despite the fact that you're laughing, it's easy to forget that jokes are being made.

    Also, the message that this film gives off resonates very powerfully with you after the film finishes. It makes you see the good side in humanity, despite our flaws. No character in this film is a cliché one-dimensional shell of a person. Everybody has a reason for being there, which is more than some films recently have offered.

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is easily one of the best and most enjoyable films of 2017, and it will make you laugh, cry, and think all in one sitting. There are not any clear flaws with this film that I can find, but I am still searching.

    I give Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri an A+.
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    • Oct 30, 2017

    FAQ5

    • Is Ebbing, MO, a real place? If so, where?
    • Why didn't Mildred get the license plate number of the guy that stopped into her shop?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 1, 2017 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 3 Billboards
    • Filming locations
      • Sylva, North Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Blueprint Pictures
      • Film 4
      • Fox Searchlight Pictures
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    Box office

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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
      • $160,260,573
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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