Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a 2017 movie directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell.

Plot

After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), the town’s revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), an immature mother’s boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing’s law enforcement is only exacerbated. (Filmaffinity)

Movie Reviews

“You feel like you’ve been on a journey, and that McDonagh has led us through the paces and pleasures of a three-act story in a stylized, postmodern way (…) It holds you, it adds up, and it’s something to see.” Owen Gleiberman: Variety 

“Blisteringly funny and richly textured (…) A stupendous showcase for the formidable gifts of McDormand (…) McDonagh’s peerless gift for zinging, curse-laden dialogue is in full flower here” David Rooney: The Hollywood Reporter

“A film that carries its weary nihilism with a surprisingly light touch (…) McDormand is an absolute force of nature (…) Woody Harrelson brings a hangdog soulfulness (…) Rockwell shines” Ben Croll: IndieWire

Awards

2 Academy Awards: Best Actress (McDormand) & Supp. Actor (Rockwell). 7 Nom.2

Venice Film Festival: Best Screenplay (Martin McDonagh

4 Golden Globes: Best Picture Drama, Screenplay, Actress & Supp. Actor

The Cast

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson is an American actor known for the series Cheers and True Detective and the movies Natural Born Killers and The People vs. Larry Flynt, among others.

Woodrow Tracy Harrelson was born on July 23, 1961 in Midland, Texas, United States.

He was the unforgettable Woody Boyd in the 80′ series Cheers and later, he starred in films such as The People vs. Larry Flynt -he was nominated for the Academy Award for this film-, Natural Born Killers, Zombieland and many others.

We saw him in Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), Kate (2021), Venom 2 and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).

In his private life, he is an active pacifist.

Nowadays, he starred in the Netflix movie The Man from Toronto (2022), alongside Kevin Hart and Kaley Cuoco.

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