"A woman who couldn't stand her daughter's murder case being unsolved for 7 months makes her move by renting three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri with controversial message written on them. It sparks all sorts of reaction from the townsfolk"
Title: THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Year: 2017 Directed By: Martin McDonagh Written By: Martin McDonagh Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes Genre: Drama Starring: Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Woddy Harrelson Language: English Score: 8/10
When I decided to watch this movie, I thought I was in for the kind of movie with slow pace, boring drama with meaningful message. But it was really something I didn't signed up for. The twists and different elements it offers are somehow surprising and leaving you wanting more. It really is not your typical drama movie. And it deserves its nominations and wins at the Oscar.
WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT IT?
1. THE TWISTS OF THE STORY
It seems to never run out of different kinds of elements to make the story more interesting. Like I said, I wasn't expecting any twist whatsoever in this drama. Turns out, the whole story is richer than I thought. Quite a lot of unexpected things happened throughout the movie. And when you think it's finished, there's always more.
2. THE WAY THE ACTORS POTRAY THE CHARACTERS
There's no doubt about Frances McDormand's acting. She delivers an amazing perfomance potraying a brave, tough, and sensitive woman named Mildred Hayes who lost her daughter. In every way, you will feel what she feels. You will understand why she does what she does and how much she actually suffered. But it's not all about Mildred Hayes, the other supporting characters are also well-written and well-potrayed. You might think they're just there to circle around Mildred's life story, but they turned out to be more important and their life stories are just as interesting. You will want to know more about them and the movie will fulfill your thirst.
3. FEW LOCATIONS BUT SOMEHOW ENOUGH
It really is just around that town and not much else. But you don't get bored. Instead, you start to know more about the town and the people in it. It helps you digest the movie better.
4. ALL SORTS OF EMOTIONS DURING THE MOVIE
This movie provides so many different emotions for you to feel, mostly complicated ones. But you don't have to try hard to feel them because the characters make it so much easier. Just by watching what they do and what they go through, you'll gasp in shock, you'll cry for their sadness, you'll feel sorry for what happens to them. The movie placed every scene in where they should be perfectly to help you understand what happened and why, and how everybody developed throughout the movie.
WHAT'S NOT GOOD ABOUT IT?
1. THE DEER
However touching the scene was, it disturbs me a little because the lovely animal still looks fake (or somehow not in the same place with McDormand). The lighting has a little flaw that makes you can tell it's not in a real outdoor
WHAT'S SO-SO ABOUT IT?
1. SLOW PACE
It is, afterall an Oscar nominated drama, so it's quite inevitable. I've seen some slow-paced movie and most of them do it intentionally because they want to highlight other things in the movie. Most of the times, it ended up being boring. This movie is also quite slow-paced but it doesn't make you feel completely bored because of the awesome storyline. But sometimes, you might get a little bored because of the pace and the lack of music.
2. THE ENDING
Not a terrible ending, but doesn't give enough satisfaction. Some things are still not revealed or answered but I can see that's not how the movie maker wants it to end. There are other messages that the movie wanted to deliver by this kind of ending and that is not bad at all. In terms of how good the message of the movie is, there's no problem. But it just doesn't give me enough satisfaction as an audience who has been following the characters going through everything.
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For a serious drama movie lover, I recommend this movie for you very much. But for those who don't, I recommend it too because it's not your typical slow-paced drama movie with little twist in it. You'll definitely get more than you expected.
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