Much better than I thought!

Rating: 8/10 (6 April 2019)

When you see the long title, it may seem discouraging. However, natural calmness of the city in question, adjoined its opposite nature, creates a beautiful chaos and drama. Simpler than it may seem, a disturbed mother and a divorcee demands justice for her troubled daughter's even more troubling murder case.
Much like his "In Bruges", McDonagh has done yet another incredible job picturing the calm and charm of a certain city, and then he disturbs you with whatever can be wrong with the city, deeper than its surface.
I didn't know Sam Rockwell before this movie and what a great opportunity this movie is to be introduced to him. Unlike another Oscar winner in this movie, Frances McDormand, from whom I had watched other movies before and enjoyed her acting. The combination of these two and Oscar winner Woody Harrelson, was really good. Frances portrays Mildred, a woman in her 50's, in a bad relationship with everyone and the world. Sarcastic, determined and in the verge of anarchism caused by trauma.
As far as my rating for this movie goes, I didn't like two important things in this movie: 1- the scene with the gazelle seems absolutely unrealistic, even the CGI isn't that good. Additionally, Frances' acting drops from its award winning quality and her speech with the animal is absolutely weak.
2- the son is ever present in the movie in most of the important scenes, but without any explanation whatsoever, he's removed from everything in the last 40 minutes.
All in all, it's a beautiful movie to watch and a very good story; specifically, the opening 30 minutes. The storytelling and cinematography are notable. Characters are relatable, and not black and white, but grey and lovable.