This is a life film in the "shell" of a murder film. In the film, I see the shadows of the Coen brothers, and even the heroine is Joel Cohen's wife, but after thinking about it, The movie is in its own right, because aside from some big labels called "black humor," the movie itself has nothing to do with the Coen brothers' style. Overall, its core is more like last year's "Manchester by the Sea", but it is indeed a loser in terms of script, because compared to "Manchester by the Sea", "Three Ads" There are many obvious flaws in the plot design of "The Cards", which makes the drama serious.
But the flaws do not hide the flaws. This is still a good film above the standard, and I predict that the film will temporarily win the Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards and even the Oscars. The chances of a heavyweight award are extremely high, especially the best actress, which is simply invincible, and can basically be awarded directly to the sister-in-law - Frances McDormand.
"The laziness and inaction of the police" is not the focus of the film's story. What the director really wants to discuss is "how a mother can continue her life after learning that her daughter was raped and killed."
Stay angry, is the answer given by the movie!
From the first act of passing the sign and biting his nails, McDormand, who plays "Mom", told the audience with his penetrating acting skills - "Keeping anger is the only source of motivation for me to live." Like the actor Lee in "Manchester by the Sea", McDormand's "Mom" also chose to "not reconcile with the past". She would never allow herself to wait silently for her daughter's murder to sink into the sea, but borrowed three advertisements. The card wrote his own counter-offensive, "Raped while dying, and still no arrests? How come, chief Willoughby?" )”.
Because of "not reconciling with the past", she threw Molotov cocktails at the police station, she kicked those contemptuous eyes with her feet, and even the new black police chief used the phrase "not everyone is your enemy" When the words came to comfort her, the mother still walked towards the bullseye of public condemnation without looking back.
Using violence to suppress violence is naturally a wrong behavior in the framework of institutional culture, but from a logical point of view, we, as the audience, find it very enjoyable. It feels like the mother in the film when refuting the priest's exhortation, angrily said, "God didn't show up when I needed him most, and now he's here, it's too late."
The film is nearly two hours long, but even with such a long volume, I think it is still not enough to carry "this mother's story", because even if we only take a scoop, her anger is enough for us to drink a pot . The great thing about a good movie lies in the shaping of the characters and characters. From this point of view, "Three Billboards" is perfect, because "Queen" McDormand uses "always tightening". Muscles that could burst at any time" perfectly interprets the already plump American mother in the script.
It's a sad movie that reflects a tragic life. Even if the murderer is brought to justice, the daughter's murder will still not end, and the mother's life will continue every day, just like the three bright red billboards that were burned by the fire next to the highway, and can only stand in the ashes!
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