In an Oscar season that hasn’t been so much a run of disappointing movies as much as has been movies that just didn’t whet the appetite, Martin McDonagh’s (Seven Psychopaths, In Bruges) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has a chance to finish in my Top 10 movies of the Year. In contrast, I really don’t think I would have had even had a chance since I began writing this blog in 2010. While I really enjoyed its dark theme, its complex characters, and even, to an extent, its quirkiness, this movie was close to perfect. It seems to be a lock for a Best Picture nomination, which shows just how down of a year 2017 is for movies.
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