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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Entertainment
Sandra Mallon

Filmmaker Martin McDonagh admitted he found backlash to one of his movie's 'hurtful'

Oscar nominated film director Martin McDonagh has admitted he found it “hurtful” when critics called his movie, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, “racist”.

The flick suffered backlash because of its storyline involving a racist cop (played by Sam Rockwell) who finds redemption – but many critics thought the film was sympathetic towards Rockwell’s character

McDonagh said that the backlash was “hurtful.”

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