She explains, “The more you keep a case in the public eye, the better your chances of getting it solved.” Mildred is not convinced she wants answers. Even a local priest warns Mildred she should remove the signs and that there should be other methods of seeking the truth about her daughter’s fate. With this, her action attains immediate local media attention and raises the ire of local hotheaded policeman Jason Dixon (Rockwell) and, of course, Chief Bill Willoughby (Woody Harrelson). She channels her rage by renting the signs and placing the following messages on each: “Raped while dying,” “And Still No Arrests?” and “How Come Chief Willoughby?” She notices there are three dilapidated, abandoned billboards on Drinkwater Road heading into town. McDonagh’s original screenplay concerns the middle-aged gift shop owner, Mildred Hayes (McDormand), whose daughter Angela was abducted, raped and murdered seven months prior, and the police have done nothing significant to help. Incredibly frustrated, Mildred lashes out against the local police. This gem was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including best picture, and Sam Rockwell received the Oscar for best supporting actor. McDormand won her second best actress Oscar in British director Martin McDonagh’s unique crime drama “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (2017). Meryl Streep and Ingrid Bergman each won two best actress Oscars and one for best supporting actress. Katharine Hepburn tops the list with four best-actress Oscars. When Francis McDormand won an Oscar this year for “Nomadland,” she joined a unique club of only four actresses who have won three or more Oscars for their outstanding acting. Leslie Odom Jr.TW: This post contains brief discussion and language regarding sexual assault.Richard Jenkins (“The Humans,” “Nightmare Alley”).Corey Hawkins (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”).Frankie Faison (“The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain”).Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”).Watch our lively chats with Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”) and over 200 more performers, directors, producers, crafts people and more, including… We’ll see her ridiculing her abusive ex-husband and his jailbait-aged girlfriend with savage glee or cursing the photogenic news reporter who is always on hand to report on any new town scandal or misfortune.” Whenever her character risks becoming too introspective, there will be a flash of humour. She is trying to make sense of an event so horrific that it defies any easy rationalisation. Mildred isn’t just in search of vengeance. Geoffrey MacNab (The Independent): “She is superb as the stoical, strong-willed but vulnerable mother. Don’t be afraid to jump in now since you can keep changing your predictions until just before nominees are announced on January 23.ĭISCUSS All the Oscar contenders with Hollywood insiders in our notorious forums With that latter win, McDormand became just the 21st performer to claim the triple crown of acting awards.īelow, a sampling of the reviews for McDormand in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” After reading these excerpts, be sure to make your Oscar nomination predictions so that Hollywood studio executives can see how their films are faring in our Academy Awards odds.
Although the actress has not been given as meaty role in a movie as this one for two decades, she has parlayed such parts into awards on both Broadway (“Good People,” 2011 Tony) and TV (“Olive Kitteredge,” 2014 Emmy). While she reaped two supporting bids in the years since her win (“Almost Famous,” 2000 “North Country,” 2005), she has never contended in lead again. Likewise, the actors branch of the academy is sure to embrace McDormand once more. may wish to right that wrong of 21 years ago, when it went with Madonna for “Evita.” While McDormand went on to win the Oscar for “Fargo,” the “Material Girl” was snubbed by the academy. Expect McDormand to figure in many of the year-end critics awards and to be a strong contender at the Globes on the comedy/musical side.