Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Is Southern Gothic with an Irish Accent

Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell shine in Martin McDonagh's new movie.by Sean NelsonOne way you know a film is written by a playwright is when everything everyone says in it is clever and wise and perfect. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, written and directed by Martin McDonagh, never fails on this score. The dialogue, particularly when given life by actors Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell, is hilarious and provocative. Rockwell in particular, as a dim-witted, violent, racist mama'