Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Four and a half stars. Just a little more and it might have been perfect – especially with an ending that would make better use of the brilliantly sharpened conflict of dramatic motives/human fates. But we understand that, with this conclusion, it feels more “artistic” and not shoddy. And with such original and intense situations in which the characters bind themselves to each other and with such brilliant acting performances, it is still the best of all the films nominated for the 2017 Academy Award for the best picture. (27/02/2018)

McDonagh (how happy would I be to be able to write this at last) also brings his original mixture of satire, blackis black incorrect humor and ancient tragedy into movie theaters... And incredibly well-written ambivalent characters and dialogs that can hit the nail on the head to such extent that it gives you the shivers but even though you will be rolling on floor laughing. So it works for him as a real, incorrect comedy, in which things that are not supposed to be said out loud are said out loud, as well as the non-violent but apt satire of Western society, the tragedy of one (more) loss or neowestern. So far, he had kept it just for theater stagings. However, he did a disservice; Although it is his best movie (especially the first half is brilliant in terms of screenwriting ), but in comparison with the Pillowman or the Lonesome West, it is still a much worse. Especially because of the final third, when it unexpectedly runs out of breath, it doesn't progress much and all the characters except the duo Mildred / Dixon are a bit forgotten. And that´s kind of reprehensible. Even so, the first and last one is saved by the great cast and the fact that, as a director, he knows exactly when to use the striking message and when, on the contrary, to let the silence do the job through guilty look. (17/01/2018)

After the problematic and scripturally completely unmanageable Seven Psychopaths, Martin McDonagh returned in full form and followed up on the success of In Bruges. It has the same poetics and the same work with characters, and perhaps there is a bit more absurdity here. In Bruges seemed to me to be more precise, as everything fit perfectly and fell into place. This film drags a bit in places, but the entertainment is exceptional and Three Billboards will definitely be among the best films I will see this year in terms of new films. Martin McDonagh can not only entertain, but his work has a broader impact. When I compare his work to Tarantino's, he is several levels higher. Unfortunately, Tarantino has not come close to what he accomplished in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in any of his films after Jackie Brown. I don't want to be cruel, but maybe he wouldn't even achieve that if all his films were combined. Where Tarantino squanders the potential of great actors, Martin McDonagh can squeeze the best out of his colleagues. Frances McDormand is delicious, Sam Rockwell brilliantly balances on the border of parody, and both of them portray characters that fit perfectly into the idea of the American South full of uncompromising and incorrect characters distrustful of the system and always willing to take their own idea of justice into their own hands. Overall impression: 90%. (04/02/2018)

Martin McDonagh was able to write and film something great again. And that could actually end my commentary, because the less you know about the film, the more you will enjoy it. I like these beautifully unreadable stories in which something totally unexpected can happen at any moment, and I was amazed when I could watch the great Frances McDormand and, as always, the excellent and again completely different Sam Rockwell. And that’s it, I’m done. (18/01/2018)

McDonagh has made a film where a seemingly open ending brilliantly closes the intertwining mosaic of human actions and leaves the viewer wondering what they have just experienced and what to look for behind it all. Don't hesitate to go and see it in the cinema, there may not be something of this quality for another year. (12/01/2018)