justice through surprises

Rating: 10/10 (18 June 2018)

I have always expected fine performances from Frances McDormand, and she doesn't disappoint in Martin McDonagh's "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri". As a bereaved mother demanding that the police in a small town find out who raped and murdered her daughter, McDormand gives it her all. And boy is it a heavy-duty role! Almost every scene in the movie made me feel as if I was in the scene with the characters (and as if I was walking on eggshells).
Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell won well deserved Oscars for their roles (and while accepting her Oscar, McDormand called for inclusion riders to ensure a higher number of women involved in the production of movies). But even ignoring that, this is one impressive movie. The acting, direction, cinematography, and complexity of the characters. The end says that, even though Mildred didn't find her daughter's killer, she had to go after another killer to put herself at rest.
An outstanding movie. Also starring Woody Harrelson, John Hawkes, Zeljko Ivanek and Peter Dinklage.