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![]() Still grieving and furious at the lack of progress, she enters into a war of words with Chief Willoughby (Woody Harrelson) and his men, including racist thug Deputy Dixon (Sam Rockwell). Mildred has erected the three billboards to remind her town, more specifically its police department, that the rape and murder of her daughter one year prior remains unsolved, with not a single arrest made. Humanity’s ugly side is out in full force in the town of Ebbing, and simple prettiness is nowhere to be found, with hope instead coming from more difficult, multifaceted places. This is an excoriating, hilarious film from Martin McDonagh, examining grief and vengeance, collective culpability, and the power of individual forgiveness, anchored by a top form Frances McDormand. It’s a piece of advice that she and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri refuse to heed, and it’s for the best. ‘Look at all the pretty things’ warbles a song on Mildred Hayes’s (Frances McDormand) car radio.
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