Is it a black comedy (McDonagh’s theatrical forte)? There are many times when I laughed out loud. We saw it on the day of UK release, and noted that Darkest Hour (released the same day) was on two screens in the multiplex, but Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri on just one. I note that McDormand, Harrelson and Rockwell share lead billing on the posters, and rightly so. Earlier on, you’d say the lead was Woody Harrelson as Police Chief Willoughby … but no plot spoilers. I’d argue with the Golden Globes that Sam Rockwell had a lead main role rather than a supporting role though. Somehow she embodies the toughness that the pioneers must have had. Even if some of what she does is incredibly violent, and she also has an answer for anybody, anytime. Frances McDormand is so powerful as Mildred Hayes that we identify with her and applaud her throughout, whatever she does.
Annoyingly the Golden Globes came before its British release … it won Best Motion Picture- Drama, Best screenplay, Best Actress (Drama) for Frances McDormand, Best Supporting Actor for Sam Rockwell. So here we are with a film set in Missouri, written and directed by an Irishman, or rather a London-Irishman. He’s back later this year at the new Bridge Theatre with A Very Very Very Dark Matter.
Then to our relief he returned to the stage with Hangmen, widely seen as the Best Play of 2015. A few years ago, he decided that film was his chosen form, and wrote and directed In Bruges and 7 Psychopaths. It was part of the Aran Islands trilogy with The Cripple of Inishmaan which we saw starring Daniel Radcliffe in 2013, also brilliant. Martin McDonagh made his name as a playwright, and The Lieutenant of Inishmoor is about the funniest black comedy I’ve ever seen … it’s being revived in London later this year. I noted the care of the title … “outside”is in lower case on the film title, as it should be! Samara Weaving – Penelope, Charlie’s 19 year old girlfriendĭarrell Britt-Gibson – Jerome, billboard man Three Billboards outside Ebbing, MissouriĬlarke Peters – Abercrombie (new police chief)
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