McDormand’s Mildred holds a dark, comic tone and while this could be desperately sad, you also feel the strength that resides inside her, beyond the sadness, and it shows with every decision she makes from the moment she rents out the billboards, to her breaking down, to telling Chief Willoughby that her work ‘ Wouldn’t be affective after you croaked’. McDormand is stunning in the role, bringing all her experience from the darkness and light within her work (and with the Coen brothers) and also undeniably convincing as a woman who’s heartbroken and looking for closure. She knows she’s causing trouble and understands it’s bringing more anguish to those around her, but she’s far beyond being considerate about anyone in her quest for justice.
While many of Three Billboards characters aren’t the classic ‘likeable’ souls you encounter, you’ll find yourself siding with Mildred almost immediately. It’s an understandably controversial attempt to get their attention but boy, it works. Driven by a lack of Police action, she purchases three disused billboards, that locals regularly pass by, and places the words in black, on a red background, ‘ Raped while Dying – And still no arrests? – How come, Chief Willoughby?’ on them.
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI RELEASE DATE DVD PLUS
I’d be rather surprised if you hadn’t heard about Martin McDonagh’s film Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri and even more so after it won five BAFTAs, one of which involved Best Film, plus it picked up two Oscars, that included Best Actress in a Leading Role for the truly outstanding Frances McDormand.Īs a brief background to the film, Three Billboards focuses around the life of Mildred Hayes (McDormand) and her one-woman mission to seek justice for the lack of an arrest for her daughter’s death.
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