Darkly comedic and serious tale about redemption and justice....

Rating: 7/10 (28 November 2018)

This is no Erin Brokovic. Our lead, played by Frances McDormand is seaking justice for her dead daughter, and rents out three billboards that are posting in big letters an unequivocal aggressive callout to cops asking them on the case. However, is she being fair? Are the police the real enemy? Or is there more to it?
Into this mix we have a dysfunctional family, led by the said mother Mildred (played by Frances McDormand) and the police lead by Woody Harrelson with an assistant (Sam Rockwell) who is following a cliched southern bigot routine character (at first). As with everything, this flows out and there's more to meet the eye. It's not a mystery case on the murder, but becomes an investigation by the viewer on the character and their morality.
I like it. It's beautifully filmed and brilliantly acted by our three lead acts in the movie. The film surprises and we begin to empathise across the characters for various reasons. They are all human, with failings as much as all else.
It's a nice change to have a serious interesting film like this to watch of late that isn't a big budget action movie. It's a change, and really is worth a viewing. It's like a good novel read. Worth a viewing.