excellent movie

Rating: Null/10 (7 November 2018)

The script sparkles with a hard-edged humor, so much so that the spasms of violence sometimes feel as if they're going to derail the film. The internet is already alive with ruminations on the film's politics and what the British McDonagh is trying to say about America, race, class, feminism and male prerogative. Set against the backdrop of the sexual harassment and assault scandals roiling the worlds of entertainment and politics, "Three Billboards" is especially timely. However whatever one's personal politics and despite McDonagh's cinematic hyperbole, it's the strength of the performances from McDormand, Harrelson and Rockwell that keeps "Three Billboards" sturdily anchored in a compellingly rendered reality. But while that is a rage that's exhilarating to witness, it's a rage unavailable to everyone. Just as not everyone in Ebbing can claim the protection of being considering "good," we still don't live in a world where everyone gets to be angry.