Three stars times three.

Rating: 9/10 (4 December 2018)

You know from the title itself that this film won't be ordinary. "Three billboards"? "Ebbing, Missouri"? But as far as these ideas/places are from the national imaginary, so too are the performances of Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell. This story successfully weaves issues of rurality, race, class and violence into a story that isn't trying too hard to speak to politics. Don't get me wrong, the story clearly is talking about politics, but you won't feel hit over the head by it. Ultimately, extremely satisfying, it's little surprise that this film got as many awards as it did.