''
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' is a 2017
black comedy
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crime film written, produced, and directed by
Martin McDonagh. The film stars
Frances McDormand
Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith; June 23, 1957) is an American actress and producer. Throughout her career spanning over four decades, McDormand has received numerous accolades, including four Academy Awards, two Primetime Emm ...
as a mother who, when the police in her town fail to find a suspect in her daughter's murder, purchases three billboards to call public attention to the unsolved crime, polarizing the community.
Woody Harrelson
Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Award ...
,
Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for appearing in independent films and also as a character actor portraying a wide variety of roles both comedic and dramatic in films such as '' Lawn Dogs'' (19 ...
,
John Hawkes, and
Peter Dinklage
Peter Hayden Dinklage (; born June 11, 1969) is an American film, television and stage actor. He received international recognition for portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), for which he ...
feature in supporting roles.
The film premiered at the
74th Venice International Film Festival
The 74th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 9 September 2017. The jury president was announced as the actress Annette Bening on 5 July 2017. '' Downsizing'', directed by Alexander Payne, was selected to open ...
on September 4, 2017. It began a
limited release in the United States on November 10, 2017, before
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Searchlight Pictures, Inc. is an American film production company and a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is part of the Walt Disney Company. Founded in 1994 as Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. for 20th Century Fox (later 20th Century Stu ...
gave the film a
wide release In the American motion picture industry, a wide release (short for nationwide release) is a film playing at the same time at cinemas in most markets across the country. This is in contrast to the formerly common practice of a roadshow theatrical r ...
at over 1,430 theaters in the United States and Canada on December 1.
The film has so far earned $159.6 million at the worldwide box office, against a production budget of $12 million.
Rotten Tomatoes
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, a
review aggregator
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, surveyed 243 reviews and judged 93% of them to be positive.
Metacritic
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calculated a
weighted average
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score of 88 out of 100 based on 49 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' has received numerous awards and nominations, recognizing the cast's performances, particularly McDormand and Rockwell; several technical areas, including the film's cinematography, sound, and editing; and McDonagh's screenplay and direction. The film garnered six nominations at the 75th Golden Globe Awards and won Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actress – Drama for McDormand, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Rockwell, and Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, Best Screenplay. At the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards, the film was nominated for six awards and won Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, Best Actress for McDormand, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor for Rockwell, and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble, Best Acting Ensemble. The film was nominated for 7 Academy Awards, Oscars at the 90th Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay for Martin McDonagh, Academy Award for Best Actress, Best Actress for Frances McDormand and two Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor nominations for both Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson, with Rockwell and McDormand winning in their respective categories. In addition, the American Film Institute selected ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' as one of its ten films of the year.
Accolades
Notes
See also
* 2017 in film
References
External links
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Lists of accolades by American film