Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

"Raped while dying, and still no arrests. How come, Chief Willoughby?"

Dec 1 2017 R 1h 55m
Comedy, Crime, Drama

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

Plot

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic drama from Academy Award nominee Martin McDonagh (In Bruges). After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson), the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon (Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell), an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

Written by

Martin McDonagh

Directed by

Martin McDonagh

Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Film4 Productions, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Cutting Edge Group, Blueprint Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

Won 2 Oscars. 132 wins & 233 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
577,649
Average Rating
8.1 out of 10
Metascore
88
Popularity
NA