A good film with glimmers of greatness

Rating: 7/10 (29 March 2018)

Don't get me wrong, I think that Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a good movie, but I think that it's a bit too tonally inconsistent to really reach greatness. We can't really connect with the characters because every time something important happens, a joke is made about it and then the film just moves on. The performances are good, but I don't think that Frances McDormand should have won best actress. She's obviously a great actress, but I feel like her performance here isn't as good as other performances like Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water. Likewise, Sam Rockwell is good, but not amazing. The score is okay, as is the cinematography. Maybe I'll watch it again, but I think Three Billboards is overrated.