Facing stiff competition, Sam Rockwell triumphed this evening thanks to his amazing work in Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, playing a somewhat controversial role. In the movie, the actor plays Dixon: a lazy, dumb, ignorant cop with a racist past who undergoes some serious change while dealing with Frances McDormand’s Mildred Pierce – a mother who wants justice for her raped and murdered daughter. Rockwell is given a tremendous arc to play out in the film, one that you never expect from where the role starts, but it’s honestly amazing to see him totally convince the audience to view Dixon in a totally different light. It’s absolutely an Academy Award-winning turn, though it’s worth mentioning that Rockwell has been killing it for years now.
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