A poor mess of a dark nightmare with characters that are caricatures and a script without coherence and continuity

Rating: 2/10 (6 March 2018)

Even Frances McDormand's academy award winning performance can't save this film. Yes, McDormand is excellent, but even great actors can't save a story/script this poor. Good movies perform magic, while "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" performs a street-hustle trick with a loaded deck of cards. The film drops names of important and timely issues and simply glosses over them, trading substance for melodramatic violence, constant foul language, characters that are mostly caricatures, and a story/script with close to zero continuity and coherence. The film is billed as a dark comedy, but it really is a dark nightmare of a film. Honestly, I've read comic books with a more coherent storyline. There are various incidents of assault, arson, and attempted murder AND not only is no one ever held responsible, but the incidents are forgotten five minutes later in the film! "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" is good at shocking the audience at times, but not much else. A huge waste of both good acting talent and your time and energy.