<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3-billboards-filmjan18.jpg"><img class="wp-image-4782 size-medium alignleft" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3-billboards-filmjan18-203x300.jpg" alt="" width="203" height="300" /></a>I wasn't sure about going to see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Three Billboards</a> because it was reviewed as a black comedy and I kept thinking "Can the Americans do black comedy? They don't understand irony so what hope is there for black comedy?"

I didn't need to concern myself. It is supremely dark and very funny with an excellent cast, fine acting and superb dialogue. Being set in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Missouri</a> with all of the inherent prejudices (homophobia and racial intolerance) of mid western USA the backdrop has plenty of gold to mine and it is fully utilised.

I don't intend to give anything away. The film is very funny, extremely sad and that finely balanced mixture of humour and pathos makes this a "must see" film!