Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Rated R

 

Runtime: 1 hour and 55 minutes

 

Genre: Crime, Thriller and Drama

 

Director and Writer: Martin McDonagh

 

Actors: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, John Hawkes and Peter Dinklage

 

Budget: $12,000,000 to $15,000,000

 

Box Office: $162,729,321

 

Positives:

• Intriguing character dynamics

• Very strong structure

• Very entertaining with the dialogue, but also intense

• Emotional and high stakes moments were crazy

• Excellent camera movements and editing choices

• Smooth tranquility and peaceful atmosphere

• Great soundtrack

Negatives:

• No resolution the plot

• A few actors/characters can get a little weak or flat

Overall Verdict:

Story 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (8)

Character 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (8.5)

Dialogue/Diction 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (8.5)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Background Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Camera/Cinematography 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

41/50 8.2/10