Sentences with phrase «murder of one's daughter»

What was this unapologetic film starring the beloved Frances McDormand as a take - no - shit mother out to avenge the rape and murder of her daughter in small - town America?

Ugliness bubbles very close to the surface also in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh's scabrous story of a woman (Frances McDormand) driven to extremes by the unsolved murder of her daughter, prompting a war with local police (Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson).

The billboards put up by Mildred Hayes (McDormand) hope to shed more light on the rape and violent murder of her daughter Angela.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonough, director & writer) This film has gotten a lot of attention, mainly due to the performance of Frances McDormand as a mother who puts up billboards demanding that the police do more to solve the rape and murder of her daughter months before.

And Three Billboards does have timeliness on its side, with the story of a woman seeking retribution for the unsolved rape and murder of her daughter resonating well with the second half of 2017's strikes at the long - entrenched patriarchy.

The story of a mother avenging the rape and murder of her daughter won four trophies at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Their first assignment together revolves around the apparent murder of the daughter of an old friend of Murtaugh's.

Han Tak Lee faces reporters on Aug. 22, 2014, after 25 years in prison for the arson murder of his daughter.

The Oscar - winning actor headlines «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» a new dark comedy from Martin McDonagh about an acid - tongued woman at war with her town following the unsolved murder of her daughter.

Avenging, grieving mother Mildred Hayes is a searing creature to behold, white - hot in intensity as she seeks justice at any cost after the murder of her daughter.

McDormand gives the movie a core of seriousness as Mildred, a woman mired in grief over the unsolved abduction, rape and murder of her daughter.

Its best bet is Harrelson, playing Police Chief Willoughby, one directly questioned by Mildred in her billboards over the lack of any arrests in the rape and murder of her daughter — the crime having been perpetrated not necessarily in that order.

«I mean here she is a mother who is basically giving help to the police in her town because they have not solved the murder of her daughter, and she's not going to take it anymore.

Frances McDormand is the odds on favorite to win the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of an aggrieved mother who puts up billboards demanding the police investigate the murder of her daughter in «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» the front runner for best picture.

McDormand's fierce performance as a small - town woman seeking vengeance for the murder of her daughter has earned her every award that's been presented so far.

Frances McDormand stars as a foul - mouthed, angry mom who puts up three billboards that call out the local police force for not having solved a case involving the murder of her daughter.

rents three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, asking why Police Chief Willoughby (Woody Harrelson, The Glass Castle) has not made any arrests for the murder of her daughter.

Yet he needed other themes to amplify Mildred's motivation (the rape and murder of her daughter).

Martin McDonagh, whose film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is about a grieving mother seeking public justice for the rape and murder of her daughter, also said nothing about how uncannily the topic of his award - winning work intersected with the state of Hollywood in its post-Weinstein moment.

After months have passed since the murder of her daughter, Mildred Hayes is angry with the police's lack of action.

But the most notable nominees are The Handmaid's Tale, a show about a woman's escape from a totalitarian society that practices ritualized rape, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, starring Frances McDormand as a mother seeking vengeance and justice for the rape and murder of her daughter.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: Frances McDormand has one of her career - best showcases as a woman, mourning the murder of her daughter, who tries to prod the local police by renting three billboards criticizing them for their slow investigation.

One, «Three Billboards,» about a mother avenging the rape and murder of her daughter, won best picture, drama, best actress, drama, for Frances McDormand, best supporting actor for Sam Rockwell, and best screenplay for writer - director Martin McDonagh.

In Three Billboards, McDormand plays a mother who challenges authorities over finding the culprit for the rape and murder of her daughter.

THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI: Frances McDormand is the toughest customer yet as Mildred, a mother who puts up three billboards in an effort to jumpstart an investigation into the unsolved rape and murder of her daughter.

Yet McDonagh brings a new sense of empathy to his trademarks, giving Burwell the opportunity for the rural - flavored emotion of a no - nonsense mother out to tell the local cops to solve the murder of her daughter in a particularly brash way.

We'll get to him later, but in the meantime, Craven witnesses the murder of his daughter Emma (Bojana Novakovic) by a masked man waiting outside of his house.

In the impeccably casted Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Frances McDormand gives a bravura performance as a mother seeking answers to the unsolved rape and murder of her daughter.

Angered by police indifference to the murder of her daughter, a Missouri housewife (Frances McDormand) rents three billboards outside the town, using them to accuse the authorities of inaction.

In the film, Frances McDormand plays a small - town woman who becomes frustrated when no one is brought to justice after the rape and murder of her daughter.

Mourning the murder of her daughter — and fuming at the stalled police investigation that has yet to yield any results — Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) revisits the scene of the crime to take out three billboard advertisements, which she hopes will stir interest in reviving the case.

Here in Ebbing, a tough grieving mother named Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) plasters messages across local billboards in order to taunt Ebbing police about why they haven't solved the rape and murder of her daughter some months earlier.

The message is a pointed call to the town's police chief, Bill Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), to make an arrest in the rape and murder of her daughter seven months earlier.

A big winner was Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, in which Frances McDormand plays a mother taunting police to solve the rape and murder of her daughter.

Oscar winner Frances McDormand is emerging as contender for another best actress statuette for her powerful turn as a grieving mother seeking vengeance after the rape and murder of her daughter.

The movie that many believe speaks most directly to the moment — the revenge dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, about a mother avenging the rape and murder of her daughter — emerged as the night's top film.

Three Billboards... tells the story of Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand), who lives in the titular town of Ebbing and is frustrated by the inability of the local authorities to bring anybody to justice for the murder of her daughter, Angela.

Starting with a seemingly harmless move — a mother uses billboards to get the attention of a police chief who, after seven months, hasn't solved the murder of her daughter.

Quick Pitch: Fed up with waiting for an arrest for the rape and murder of her daughter, grieving Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) resorts to public shaming of her small - town police chief (Woody Harrelson).

The movie that many consider speaks most directly to the moment — the revenge dark comedy «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» about a mother avenging the rape and murder of her daughter — emerged as the night's top film.

In that film, a grieving mother (Frances McDormand) empowers herself by confronting her local police department — including a racist cop played by Sam Rockwell — on its lack of progress in investigating the rape and murder of her daughter.

The movie that many believe speaks most directly to the current moment — «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» about a mother avenging the rape and murder of her daughter — emerged as the night's top film.

As an avenging, grieving mother Mildred Hayes is a searing woman to behold, as she seeks justice at any cost after the murder of her daughter.

The story has grieving - mom - with - a-zero - «cunt» - policy - in - her - kitchen Mildred leasing three billboards to ask Ebbing police chief Willoughby (Harrelson) why it is that no arrests have been made in the rape and murder of her daughter.

Anger defines her character, Mildred Hayes, who puts up the titular signage to call out the inaction by her town's police department following the brutal rape and murder of her daughter.

Fargo's Frances McDormand plays a furious mom who seeks vengeance for the unsolved murder of her daughter.

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It seems that little advancement has been made in the case and John seems to have made peace with the fact that justice for the murder of his daughter may not be delivered on an earthly plane.

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