Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Family Review

Content Warnings

• Sexual Content

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  The film contains some verbal references to sex.

  A man and woman kiss, she implies she enjoyed having sex with him earlier (no sex scenes or nudity in the movie, only dialogue).

• Violence

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  There is some very strong scenes of violence, but this isn't a violent movie overall and instead the issue is the depressing thematic material.

  Some of the stronger scenes include a closeup shot of a dental drill being forced into a man's thumb, causing his nail to shatter and briefly showing a spurt of blood; a scene where a man is pistol whipped in the face, battered and flung out of a building, causing him to suffer from strong bruises and has lots of blood on his face; and a scene where a man with severe burns on his face and has several injuries, is physically assaulted by two bar patrons who rain down punches and kicks on him, leaving him with an extremely bruised and bloodied face.

  There is also a scene where a man commits suicide by shooting himself in the head where it depicts a brief spurt of blood when he pulls the trigger, as well as a brief shot of the aftermath of the victim's head, although it is covered by a blood-soaked sack.

  A woman kicks two high schoolers (one boy, one girl) hard in their crotches.

  A man throws an IV of blood against a wall resulting in a small bloody splash.

  A man suffering from cancer coughs some small spots of blood onto a woman's face by accident.

  We briefly see photos of a severely burned corpse of a murder victim.

  Graphic references to sexual assault.

  A police officer brutally whips a man in the face with a pistol two times before smashing a window and tossing him out of it while A woman in the building is screaming in terror. The police officer punches the screaming woman in the face and returns to the bloodied, beaten man on the sidewalk and punches him again. Extremely brutal and distressing.

  R violence type: blood, brutal and graphic.

• Profanity

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  100 uses of "fuck"; a few of the uses are sexual. 2 uses of "cock"; both are used in a sexual manner. 4 uses of "cunt". Use of homophobic and racial slurs. A few uses of "shit", "bitch", "retard", and "asshole" are present as well.

• Intense Scenes

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  This film is very heavy. It revolves around a woman who lost her daughter to a rapist and it is mentioned that she was burned alive. She then decides to put up Billboards that say the police aren't doing their jobs, which drives the whole town into anger, and hatred. Other dark elements are explored such as a man dying of cancer, suffering from the loss of a child, rape, domestic abuse, depression, onscreen depiction of suicide and violence.

  A woman drills a tiny hole through a man's nail in self-defense.

  The film has many moments that are played for dark humor, but are still intense.

  Likely to be EXTREMELY triggering to anyone sensitive to depictions of suicide.