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TeruttDec 14, 2017

Not good. First, I am a fan on in Bruges, so had high hopes. But this movie is a dud. Characters are not real or believable. Let’s be honest, when foreigners try to make a movie about the American middle and lower classes, they don’tNot good. First, I am a fan on in Bruges, so had high hopes. But this movie is a dud. Characters are not real or believable. Let’s be honest, when foreigners try to make a movie about the American middle and lower classes, they don’t understand it and get it wrong. The director writer has a very odd and inaccurate view of America ans Americans. Cops throw people off a roof? Nothing happens to them. A woman goes to a school and kicks a couple of teenagers in the crotch in front of other parents? Nothing happens. Person gets horribly burned and in intensive care? A few days later he is hanging out in bars. Full of incongruent moments. Peter Dinklage as a gimmick character who is totally pointless to the plot or movie. Not as clever or as funny or as tragic or as real as it thinks it is. Lazy screenwriting, same old director tricks from his other movies. Was glad when it finally ended, it is a chore to sit through.… Expand

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mlleshaj2Dec 3, 2017

Over plotted and tone deaf. This movie tried to achieve a balance of pitch black humor and tragedy but really wasn't effective at either. I am kind of shocked as it has received some of the best reviews of the year. It was an all aroundOver plotted and tone deaf. This movie tried to achieve a balance of pitch black humor and tragedy but really wasn't effective at either. I am kind of shocked as it has received some of the best reviews of the year. It was an all around disappointment that would have been better off focusing on just Mildred (Frances) and less on trying to make the grotesque cops likable in any way.… Expand

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Petrocelli1960Dec 30, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie is full of plot flaws, stereotypes and bad writing. A police officer throws someone out a window (in front of the new chief of police) and in not arrested. The main character kicks two high school students in the groin and is not arrested. There are a whole series of subplots that go nowhere. Skip it.… Expand

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ChrisTodDurDec 10, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Went to see Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and I am COMPLETELY baffled by the critical acclaim for this film. What am I missing here? The film is an utter mess.

The movie is about a mother who seeks to find answers to her daughter's murder by placing three billboards up that demand the local chief of police for answers. The problem there is, the billboards lead only down a country road that hardly anyone drives, so I don't understand why there's such a fuss. When the news stumbles across the billboards and makes it top story on the 6pm news, all hell breaks loose.

The film is filled with too many characters that any one character cannot be fleshed out enough to have any kind of sympathy for them. There are characters in the film, like Peter Dinklage's "James," who just appear to be convenience plot breaks and do nothing, really, to help the plot. And there are characters and situations in the film that are so ultra-violent that you wonder why there weren't arrests made (for example, one scene involves a man who throws another man out of a second floor window in broad daylight, yet he was not arrested for it).

In one scene, the billboards are set ablaze, and the lead character just pulls out this massive fire extinguisher in her car - as if everyone drives with one. In another scene, one supporting character is burned very badly and ends up in the hospital - in the exact same room as the guy whom he threw out of the window! That character, in the very next scene, ends up in a bar - wait, wasn't he just all bandaged up and in the hospital? - and just happens to be there at exactly the same time as someone whom he thinks is admitting something that could possibly end the whole case. The whole movie is just preposterous. It's also very racist, homophobic, misogynist, and ultra violent.

I also do not see how it could be considered a comedy, with heavy topics as rape, murder, suicide, revenge, and the above mentioned racism, homophobia, and misogyny.

WHY is this movie getting critical acclaim???

Is the acting good? Sure - but when isn't Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Lucas Hedges, Caleb Jones, John Hawkes, and Peter Dinklage good? It's not their faults. It's the script that is a mess - from the beginning to the end.

UGH! I really wanted to like this movie. I didn't like much of it at all. I'm giving it a generous 4/10 - I really want to know WHY critics and audiences are liking this movie. There isn't really much to redeem it.… Expand

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misterpJan 13, 2018

There are few good scenes in this otherwise cartoony, pretentious, and sloppy movie. The script is flat and shortchanges the audience by presenting a lead character with interesting challenges and then going nowhere. This movie is not worthThere are few good scenes in this otherwise cartoony, pretentious, and sloppy movie. The script is flat and shortchanges the audience by presenting a lead character with interesting challenges and then going nowhere. This movie is not worth seeing. The movie is about 99 percent on the intelligence level of the Dukes of Hazard, which is ok if you are looking for entertainment, and 1 percent like the Coen Brothers. Go watch the Dukes of Hazard or the Coen brothers and skip this movie that is a lost mess.… Expand

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Cancer714Feb 2, 2018

Years from now people will scratch their heads over how this contrived cornball of a movie became a critical darling. The English Patient was utterly sublime in comparison. Its politically correct idiocy is so heavy-handed that it seemsYears from now people will scratch their heads over how this contrived cornball of a movie became a critical darling. The English Patient was utterly sublime in comparison. Its politically correct idiocy is so heavy-handed that it seems like a Lifetime movie with lots and lots of cussing and ridiculous violence. Frances McDormand does her usual spectacular job of playing Frances McDormand and stands a good chance of nabbing another Oscar for, that's right, playing Frances McDormand.… Expand

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newenglanderDec 21, 2017

I kept waiting for this movie to end. The story was going nowhere fast and quite a few characters were not believable. The only character that was interesting to watch was the mother of the dullard cop. What was the point of this movie? II kept waiting for this movie to end. The story was going nowhere fast and quite a few characters were not believable. The only character that was interesting to watch was the mother of the dullard cop. What was the point of this movie? I didn't laugh, I didn't cry, I didn't get emotionally invested. Also, the casting for some characters was atrocious! Why would that 19 year old girl be with that unattractive older guy? Why would the rapist throw a rabbit figurine in the gift store? I know these were subplots but it starts to get exasperating to watch such foolishness.… Expand

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ospreyFeb 5, 2018

I loved In Bruges and also love all the performances in this movie but that is all I can say that is possitive about this laughably terrible movie. I can't understand where all the rave reviews are coming from. Nothing in this movie ringsI loved In Bruges and also love all the performances in this movie but that is all I can say that is possitive about this laughably terrible movie. I can't understand where all the rave reviews are coming from. Nothing in this movie rings true and the overall message is lost on me. If it was meant to be funny it fails completely. None of the characters are believable or likeable and within about 20 minutes I was groaning at all the actions and dialogue. Really atrocious, so shocking as I was expecting a great movie from all the buzz and praise this movie was getting. Some parts, like the voice over of one of the characters reading letters made me wonder how they convinced this actor to read these lines at all. Baffling!… Expand

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arash22Feb 17, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Ebbing Redemption When I saw the reactions to this movie the score, I was like man this is the one, finally after a long time here is a perfect movie to enjoy. Especially it is a movie from Martin McDonagh who brought us In Bruges which I couldn't stop watching it over and over for a while, and Frances McDormand? God this is going to be gooood, so I got the movie, scenes passing one by one, the acting was great the music was great the shots was great as I expect it, but the story was going the wrong way. I couldn't believe things were going on in ebbing, out of nowhere everyone become such a goodie-goodie. Oh my god, the movie lost everything even really good acting specially by McDormand and Rockwell was lost. I couldn't believe them anymore. I think McDonagh wasn't even there when they made this or he was but he was dead drunk the whole time. Come on people look at Ebbing and learn how to erase hate from your hearts, come on people look at this poor old lady who suffered so much of her daughters death and she is the only one who cares, so she decided to become Rambo and waste everyone, but suddenly by that stupid fire scene she decided not to and become a good person and start loving people more. Dixon, the stupid racist looser cop who happen to be gay too, in a matter of seconds just by reading that letter find the way of becoming a better person and a good detective and the only thing he has to do is to sit in a bar and wait for the killer to come and sit near him and confess, after that he have to become Wolverine and take DNA sample in the stupidest way possible or should i say not possible. Woody Harrelson character kill himself so not to ruins everything up like every other character in this movie, I think all the characters should have done the same. I am shocked by foolishness in writing, lots of holes in script, what was that little gay doing in this movie? Is he here just because he is friend with director? Why all the hot girls must be stupid? Why the night they were on a date in that restaurant her x-husband should be there to? Why... Don't waste your time on this movie like I did instead go and watch In Bruges again or Olive Kitteridge just to see what are this people in this stupid movie capable of.… Expand

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qMar 14, 2018

Disgraceful, dark movie full of filthy language, disrespect, violence, inappropriate sexual relationships, and characters too cartoonishly vile to be believable. Only a few characters--probably not coincidentally African-American--seemed toDisgraceful, dark movie full of filthy language, disrespect, violence, inappropriate sexual relationships, and characters too cartoonishly vile to be believable. Only a few characters--probably not coincidentally African-American--seemed to be imbued with any modicum of decency in an otherwise totally dystopian community. I suspect the writer of this sordid swill is some pseudo-intellectual snot who decided to reveal in his screenplay his despicable prejudice against and contempt for what he thinks rural white Americans are like. I have been alive for quite a few years, and I have yet to come across any people so irremediably repulsive as the characters in this film are. The movie is a slog through a sewer. Nothing more.… Expand

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MysticDingoAug 8, 2018

SJW trash. The movie is filled with tons of little virtue signals, and is completely unrealistic and a jingoistic look at the south and southerners. Total dumpster fire. This movie was a big disappointment from the director of "In Bruges."SJW trash. The movie is filled with tons of little virtue signals, and is completely unrealistic and a jingoistic look at the south and southerners. Total dumpster fire. This movie was a big disappointment from the director of "In Bruges." Talking about taking a DNA sample from every baby boy that gets born for the day that boy grows up and breaks the law then "we got em!" which of course assumes that every boy will grow up and become criminals. The only reason that this movie gets a 2 is because most aggregate review sites throw out 0's and 1's.… Expand

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EPMDJan 21, 2018

Not an enjoyable movie. Everyone is angry, very angry. The police are incredibly offensive. There is no subtlety to their bad guy behaviour. Actually, the whole movie lacks subtlety. There are characters who do bad things and face little toNot an enjoyable movie. Everyone is angry, very angry. The police are incredibly offensive. There is no subtlety to their bad guy behaviour. Actually, the whole movie lacks subtlety. There are characters who do bad things and face little to no consequences. The dentist scene alone just made my eyes roll. Anyone doing what the main character did in that scene loses all sympathy from the audience. Bottom line: I am amazed that this is winning awards.… Expand

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americaneagleFMay 13, 2018

This movie was not a good reflection on someone who has suffered a great loss. Taking your anger out on other people, is a little ridiculous. The One scene where the woman, commits a gruesome act on her dentist, was a show stopper for me.This movie was not a good reflection on someone who has suffered a great loss. Taking your anger out on other people, is a little ridiculous. The One scene where the woman, commits a gruesome act on her dentist, was a show stopper for me. that is where I lost all respect for this movie.… Expand

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travis_bickle7Mar 27, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. such a pity to see Martin McDonagh fall from a decent level in "in bruge" to "seven psychopaths" and then land on such a disaster called three billboards.
no characters, there are no justifiable explanations for what people in this movie do, i mean why on earth would she burn the police station?! seriously?
this is just the tip of the iceberg in this absolute nightmare.… Expand

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jhepDec 29, 2017

NO SCRIPT.....material that is all over the map and can't decide what the film is really about....."Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" with a really bad head cold !...the waste if good cast....sorry to see Sam Rockwell and Frances MacDormandNO SCRIPT.....material that is all over the map and can't decide what the film is really about....."Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" with a really bad head cold !...the waste if good cast....sorry to see Sam Rockwell and Frances MacDormand desperately attempting to breath some life and credibility into this chaotic, self-important wannabe "edgy" mess....and what's with extravaganza of profanity and four letter words ?....I started to feel I was at a frat party with a lot of teenage boys who couldn't hold their liquor !… Expand

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ScraperMar 4, 2019

Three Billboards talks about three billboards for ages and they're not all that shocking and only mildly interesting to begin with - hammering its title-turned-premise into submission. The first forty minutes is a dense, blue-gray daze withThree Billboards talks about three billboards for ages and they're not all that shocking and only mildly interesting to begin with - hammering its title-turned-premise into submission. The first forty minutes is a dense, blue-gray daze with dialogue that is far too snappy to be rural Missouri. I assume the next hour is the same way because I did not make it after that. It would've taken an alien attack ala Ridley Scott to redeem this absolute bore.… Expand

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SadiemarietrappMar 18, 2018

This won an award! Terrible show.....save your money, I want back 2 hours of my life!

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mikevoidJan 5, 2019

Just bad, not worth your time! It's really really really really really really really really really bad.

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KenRNov 4, 2018

These days when many people see Awards being dished out to movies they begin to think twice about their worth, in much the same way as when advertisers spend up BIG to tell us their product is the BEST on the market - you can often expect aThese days when many people see Awards being dished out to movies they begin to think twice about their worth, in much the same way as when advertisers spend up BIG to tell us their product is the BEST on the market - you can often expect a cop-out. With Francis McDormand heading up the cast you might expect the Cohen Bros may have been somewhere in the wings to push it along – in fact, this work offers many of the depressing earmarks of some lesser Cohen productions (maybe that’s partly why the Academy selected it?) The overly sensationalistic mix contains all the ingredients that one could cram into a plot filled with a continuous succession of near-impossible coincidences (not to mention some perverse PC agenda pushing) With little or no character development and too many stretched situations - we are taken through a series of shocking actions that would land anyone committing just half of them, in jail or would have the local community after the perpetuator’s blood! - but no, our ‘hero ‘Francis violently assaults school kids, dentists, and near anyone she feels like with few saying little more than boo. The local police (an unconvincing bunch of simplistic stereotypes) bash people near to death in broad daylight, and this is all taken as just another day in a town where every inhabitant tends to be on the edge of a mental meltdown. There’s basically no-one the viewer can emotionally identify with or support – unless they too, are on the loopy side of Mental Health Denial. Add to the above, a lazy writer determined to create a swear fest - where all the foulest of outright mean language is paraded - in an attempt to out-shock any that’s gone before. This is somewhat juvenile trendiness in the extreme.

Any viewer bright enough to see beyond a manipulative piece of exploitation - will see this pretentiously overrated concoction for what it is. And for those who attempt to excuse this as “black humour” - it’s just so ‘simplistically’ dark as to be virtually invisible. While it attracted a lot of people to the ticket box, it’s obvious from the Huge amount of viewer feedback - published here, etc; many of these audiences were bitterly disappointed and would like both their time and money back. The end credits thank the local inhabitants for their co-operation but, I somehow doubt many would welcome them back - given the image painted of them! Lol.… Expand

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BroyaxJan 11, 2021

Mouais, je crois bien qu’on se fout de notre gueule dans ce film… j’ai d’ailleurs cru à l’une des (mauvaises) blagues souvent habituelles des frères Coen, voire à une tarantinade en version courte, c’est-à-dire un peu (moins) bavarde etMouais, je crois bien qu’on se fout de notre gueule dans ce film… j’ai d’ailleurs cru à l’une des (mauvaises) blagues souvent habituelles des frères Coen, voire à une tarantinade en version courte, c’est-à-dire un peu (moins) bavarde et prétentieuse que d’habitude. Mais il n’en est rien, car on doit ce film de panneaux publicitaires à un autre gugusse en fait !

Même si Frances McDormand, excellente actrice au demeurant, a souvent joué pour les Coen, il est vrai et donne un vrai souffle à ce film qui s’avère en fin de compte une caricature totalement imbécile… à l’insu de son plein gré, bien sûr. Sans oublier le non moins excellent Sam Rockwell dans le rôle de ce flic bien taré (il collectionne les rôles décalés, il faut bien le dire, c’est même son fonds de commerce !).

Quoi qu’il en soit, on navigue ici dans les eaux troubles du pathos à deux dollars, un pathos poussé au maximum du ridicule… et de la caricature. Alors que ça se veut très « sérieux » et « grave »… avec pourtant quelques scènes d’un comique aussi inattendu que très appréciable du coup ! alors, on ne sait plus si c’est du lard ou du cochon…

En tout cas, ça se traîne un peu trop et les quasi-deux plombes peuvent en témoigner, Votre Honneur ! d’autant que c’est « illustré » par une espèce de musique country de chiottes qu’affectionnent les routiers avinés dans ce trou perdu du Missouri, ce qui rend le film bien pénible.

L’incrédulité domine ici sur tous les points, en compagnie du pathos sans nuance et des personnages pas crédibles non plus, lesquels font n’importe quoi et se retrouvent les uns les autres comme par hasard dans des situations téléphonées et pas crédibles pour deux centimes de dollar à crédit. Pas une vraie comédie, pas un authentique drame… ni un savant mélange des deux, ces « Panneaux de la Vengeance » se concluent de surcroît sur une pirouette encore plus ridicule que tout le reste.

Heureusement que quelques scènes sont drôles et que les comédiens assurent parce que sinon on aurait zappé cette connerie sans tambour ni trompette. La curiosité aidant, on le finit malgré tout… mais on aura vite oublié ce pétard mouillé en définitive !… Expand

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cirkomiknaApr 21, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie feels severely overrated to me. It's just not good. People just love the main character for some reason, and I don't understand why. McDormand may be a good actress, but that's no reason to like the character. She's insufferable, and you have to stick with her for the whole film. Unlike characters like the Joker, who are just so evil that you can get some distance, I could not get distance from that character. She's just an ass, but there's also no character development, so she just stays like that the entire film, at the end she even considers to kill someone. The racist cop is even worse. He's not only insufferable, but also stupid. And then for some dumb reason, he goes through a redemption arc. Am I supposed to believe that? They act like he changed, but then he suggests to go kill a guy that may or may not be a rapist. He's probably still a racist pig, but after his redemption, he speaks with a very quiet and hoarse voice, so we know he's changed. Very subtle.

There are a bunch of side characters that add nothing to the story, they are only there to get screwed over. Especially the ad boy and the sherrif. The ending is probably the worst thing of the movie. It just ends in the middle of the story. There's no conclusion at all. If that's supposed to be artistic, then call me an artist the next time I leave work unfinished.… Expand

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