Rockwell creates a lovably loathsome character that is one of the most interesting and entertaining characters from a movie this year. The other great performance that demands praise is Sam Rockwell as a racist and lazy crooked cop, that is also a momma’s boy yet the more we see, the more we learn there is a lot more to him. Woody Harrelson and Frances McDormand in ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ Between this and War for the Planet of the Apes, he has had two outstanding performances in 2017. Once again he further establishes himself as one of the better actors of his generation. Woody Harrelson is great as usual playing the police chief and the less said about his character who takes some interesting twists and turns in the script, the more rewarding it will be for the viewer. As the story unravels her motivations for putting up the billboards to get the police attention becomes questionable since she did not seem to have much else going on in her life and is dealing with a gaping void of guilt and loss.
Frances McDormand who already has a well earned Best Actress Oscar for Fargo (1996), owns this movie as a woman determined to have justice after her daughter was brutally slain. The plot unfolds as one would expect but the best part of Three Billboards are the performances, especially from the three main actors. She makes it a personal message to the Chief of Ebbing Police Bill Willoughby, played by Woody Harrelson in yet another terrific role. A woman named Mildred Hayes, played perfectly by Frances McDormand, buys those billboards to send a message to the police that seven months ago her daughter was raped and murder and they have not done anything about it. The opening shot is of tattered old billboards that have not been used in decades and are falling apart. It is also about how justice and revenge give people a reason to live. Three Billboards (the title is too long, cannot hurt to shorten it in this review) is also one of the best films about the human desire for justice, revenge, when those two concepts overlap that we have seen in several years. It is the most human comedy of the year so far and with only six weeks left in the year, will be tough to top. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a triumph. Wow! Finally a movie in 2017 that fully develops complex characters and manages to tell a story that makes the audience care about the grief and guilt they feel, and the redemption that they seek. Stars: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell by Jason Koenigsberg
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