Great movie, the viewer is fully engaged and can't wait for what is to come next

Rating: 10/10 (2 March 2018)

The acting in this movie is phenomenal. The main character, whose daughter is raped and killed, is phenomenal. Her life has lost meaning, she does not smile during the whole movie, and does not care about any legal repercussions of her actions. McDormand is absolutely believable in her actions and behavior. You just want to keep on watching.
The two main supporting actors, the Sheriff and Dixon. What a performance by them both. At first you actually have a sympathy for the sheriff. He seems like a good guy. He might not be able to solve the case but at least is showing some willingness. Maybe due to the billboards, maybe his inner devotion. Then we have the town idiot policeman Dixon. We hate him throughout the first part of the movie only to later find out that he's not such a bad guy, and my personal favorite character just because of the transition he went through.
As for the storyline/plot. The movie starts out really interesting, full-on. It does die down at times, but it never stops the viewer from wondering what is about to happen next. You just want to keep on watching. On the one hand it is an absolute drama about the loss of your child, probably the worst thing that can happen to a parent. On the other there are small pieces of comedy intertwined where you are really laughing aloud, maybe even livening up what is currently going on. You sit there really hoping that the murderer is caught, engaged in the plot. Plus the movie is not something extremely boring where the plot hasn't moved an inch over the first half an hour like in other best picture nominated movies.
I am not quick to really praise films, usually finding them boring or overrated, but this is a really good piece of work that I would really like to see again in the near future.