Lost potential at some points

Rating: 7/10 (16 February 2018)

I went into this movie with big expectations. I loved the trailer and Sam Rockwell never disappoints.
The movie touched lots of modern society's problems as Trumps presidency, priests that molest children and the church's "acceptance" or rather ignorance concerning this huge problem, racist cops and the problematic handling and prejudices many cops have against people of color.
The scene were Frances McDormand confronts the priest in her kitchen stuck with me the most.
All actors deliver great performances, especially Rockwell and McDormand.
I do somehow feel like the movie and especially the topic had more potential. Some scenes felt so out of place and should have been cut from the movie (the deer scene and where Woody Harrelson says "goodbye" to his wife). It scratched the surface of so many topics, when instead it could have gone more in depth with the topic of rape culture and how the police handles the investigations.
However, I did like the humor and that it didn't feel forced but natural. It didn't ridicule or disrespect the very problematic topic but pointed out how ridiculously fucked up the system and society is.