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My feelings were Ebbing and flowing...

...maybe I’ll rent out some billboards to tell you how much, or just write it here. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI 4.5/5 Exceeds Expectations Here we have the next film from writer/director Martin McDonagh, who is behind dark comedies such as In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, two excellent films that need to be watched if you haven’t seen them already, and to then be watched many more times after. Three Billboards is already being labelled ‘film of the year’, and the year has barely even started. So with all this endless backing behind the film, does it really live up to the hype? Well yes, yes it does. So here is a short summary of the film: After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, getting three signs leading into her town painting with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), the town’s deeply respected child of police. When his second-in-comman