Unique and Entertaining

Rating: 9/10 (24 January 2018)

Three Billboards is the sort of film that you wish you had stumbled upon by accident, which turns out to be a gem, which you can then urge other people to watch. However the annual awards hype around Three Billboards had just started to gather when I went with my partner to see the film. Yes it richly deserves praise but I also hope it is not over-exposed and over-analysed via the publicity of the Oscars.
Anyway we both thoroughly enjoyed it - the story is fresh and the script is superbly written and acted. It is a wonderful study of characters, emotions and consequences with all the actors, particularly McDormand, Rockwell and Harrelson, at the top of their game. The behaviour and dialogue manage to hold a fine line between being shocking yet hilarious, while maintaining the gravity of the underlying story.
I hope it's a great surprise for you too !