It won four Golden Globe awards this year including Best Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Film (Drama), and many BAFTA nominations. Rev Steve Francis, Moderator, WA UCA Synod, writes:Įvery once in a while, I watch a film that disturbs and depresses me, while at the same time commands my respect and confronts my sensibilities.You can watch the preview of the film here.īut be warned – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is not a light-hearted comic romp, where everyone ends up living happily ever after. * What Christian themes speak into the context of this narrative? * Where is God present in the story? Where does God seem absent? * Are there biblical or theological themes or characters that come to mind? * Are there aspects of the story that resonated with your own experience or with the experience of others in a similar situation? * What challenged you? What questions did it raise for you? * What assumptions were embedded in the story? * What stood out as the main points/highlights in the movie?
Some general questions might provide enough framework for you to discuss the movie:
When his second-in-command Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), an immature mother’s boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing’s law enforcement is only exacerbated. After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), the town’s revered chief of police.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a darkly comic drama from Academy Award nominee Martin McDonagh (In Bruges). Starring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriĮngage with culture without disengaging your faith.
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