Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
91%RT Audience Score: 87%
Awards & Nominations: Won 2 Oscars
133 wins & 235 nominations total
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri deftly balances black comedy against searing drama — and draws unforgettable performances from its veteran cast along the way.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is like a rollercoaster ride of emotions, taking you from tragedy to comedy and back again. McDonagh’s direction and screenwriting turn a typical revenge plot into one of the best pictures of the year. Frances McDormand’s performance is nothing short of divine, while Sam Rockwell’s character may be problematic, but still lovably goofy. This film is not for the faint of heart, but it’s definitely worth the ride. So buckle up and enjoy the wild and emotional drive-by in rural America.
Production Company(ies)
Universal Pictures
Distributor
Fox Searchlight
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Sylva, North Carolina, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for violence, language throughout, and some sexual references
Year of Release
2017
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.35 : 1
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Runtime:1h 55m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States, United Kingdom
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Nov 22, 2017 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 27, 2018
Genre(s)
Comedy/Crime
Keyword(s)
Worldwide gross: $160,260,573
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $193,312,084
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 717
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 21,080,925
US/Canada gross: $54,513,740
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $65,756,440
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 953
US/Canada opening weekend: $322,168
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $388,611
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,465
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $15,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $18,093,541
Production budget ranking: 1,415
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $9,743,372
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $165,475,171
ROI to date (est.): 594%
ROI ranking: 216
Woody Harrelson – Willoughby
Sam Rockwell – Dixon
Lucas Hedges – Robbie
Clarke Peters – Abercrombie
Abbie Cornish – Anne
Director(s)
Martin McDonagh
Writer(s)
Martin McDonagh
Producer(s)
Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh
Film Festivals
Venice, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
133 wins & 235 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
All Critics (412) | Top Critics (93) | Fresh (373) | Rotten (39)
Perhaps it takes an outsider like McDonagh to get it right, but by picture’s end, a few wrenches of plot unite the deplorable with Mildred and lend him a contrived sympathy.
March 12, 2020
Elissa Suh
StageBuddy.com
TOP CRITIC
McDonagh takes the audience’s loyalty and swings it around, taking you on an emotionally volatile, but fascinating, drive-by in rural America.
July 29, 2019
Udita Jhunjhunwala
Livemint
TOP CRITIC
…tragic, comic, violent, tender and heartbreaking.
September 5, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5
Anupama Chopra
Film Companion
TOP CRITIC
Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri unfolds as a typical revenge vigilantly ploy, and could have stayed so under normal direction and screenwriting. Instead, it gets turned into one of the best pictures of the year.
September 5, 2018 | Rating: 4/4
Robert Daniels
812filmreviews
TOP CRITIC
Sound too bleak? For some, perhaps. But in McDonagh’s careful hands, it’s a Cirque du Soleil-like tightrope walk, gracefully balancing the harrowing with the humorous.
January 26, 2018 | Rating: 4/4
Randy Myers
San Jose Mercury News
TOP CRITIC
The result suggests a greeting card spattered with gore. Beneath the little flecks of brain and bone, the Hallmark logo is unmistakable.
January 18, 2018
Ryan Gilbey
New Statesman
TOP CRITIC
In today’s trend of social media outrage and moral absolutes, McDonagh considers the complexity and humanity behind those on both sides of the argument.
March 17, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri is not for the faint of heart. The films comedic undertone over such a serious subject may rub casual filmgoers the wrong way. However, the film is one of the years smartest, funniest, and best.
February 18, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
David Gonzalez
Reel Talk Inc.
McDonaugh’s new film plays as a response to the vitriol of the times as it does a clear warning to anyone who allows the shadows of humanities’ basic vices to consume them.
February 11, 2022
Cory Woodroof
615 Film
The first two-thirds of the film are excellent, but Rockwell’s character — a lovably goofy psychopath — remains problematic throughout.
November 22, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
Frances McDormand is an Old Testament act of God.
July 29, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Milana Vujkov
Lola On Film
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri may be a mouthful to say, but it is one of the most cathartic films of the year.
June 8, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
Leo Brady
AMovieGuy.com…
Plot
After her daughter’s murder case goes unsolved for months, Mildred Hayes paints three controversial signs directed at the town’s revered chief of police, William Willoughby, in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, leading to a battle with his violent second-in-command, Officer Dixon.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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