Frances McDormand fits the bill as a furious heroine
Almost everyone is awful in Ebbing, Missouri, but McDormand's Mildred is the least awful of the lot
Cinema
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: Directed by Martin McDonagh, Nationwide, 15A,Rating:****
Darkest Hour: Directed by Joe Wright, Nationwide, PG,Rating:****
Three features into his filmmaking career and playwright-turned-director Martin McDonagh has dropped the act.
His debut In Bruges was a farcical crime caper that had a pair of bickering Laurel and Hardy- style criminals hiding from assassins in the scenic Belgian town. His follow up, Seven Psychopaths, had an all-star gang of cartoonish villains knock the stuffing out of one another over a fluffy Shih Tzu dog. ForThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, McDonagh finds himself in a situation that demands to be taken seriously: a livid, grieving mother challenging the local police to solve the murder of her teenage daughter.
