An Immensely Suspenseful, Brilliantly Performed Journey,

Rating: 9/10 (2 March 2018)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a fantastic movie with a very well developed plot and an outstanding cast. While it is slowly paced and dialogue heavy, the film never manages to get boring, I cared and was intrigued by these characters from beginning to end, wanting to see them develop. I expected it to be a lot more thrilling, it certainly moves a lot slower than Martin McDonagh's previous films, but it did not bother me one bit, the pace actually adds to the suspense and the mundanity of these people's lives.
I did feel Peter Dinklage was a little wasted, I loved every scene he had and thought his characterisation was terrific, but he simply was not used enough. His character had so much more potential than what he is given.
The cast is absolutely flawless, every single role, big and small, fits in to this world magnificently. Frances McDormand is completely immersed and utterly believable from beginning to end as a conflicted mother looking to avenge her daughter, and Woody Harrelson is the heart and soul of the film, delivering a character who begins simple, but winds up having a powerful arc. The highlight of the film, for me, was without any doubt Sam Rockwell as Dixon. Normally playing very likeable characters, he starts off completely unredeemable and soon later, McDonagh and Rockwell manage to make us sympathise with this character despite giving us no real reason to, great scriptwriting and acting simply comes together beautifully here.
Impactful and original. Some of the best acting and writing I have seen in a while, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri does not disappoint and I would recommend it to all moviegoers.

A woman rents out three billboards in her town as a message to the police officers that still have not found her daughter's killer.

Best Performance: Sam Rockwell