Green Book
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America in the 1960s is a geography bearing one of the deepest wounds in history. This period, when racial discrimination was legitimized by law, when a black person had to determine which hotel he could stay in, which restaurant he could enter, with a guidebook, constitutes one of the pages of shame in human history. Peter Farrelly delves into this dark period by tracing the traces of true friendship, resulting in a journey that is both heartwarming and deeply thought-provoking. The chemistry created on screen by Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali forms the backbone of the film. Mortensen portrays a rude but sincere man who manages his life with street smarts, while Ali creates a musician armed with an almost unattainable grace and intelligence for his era. These two characters, at first glance, raise the question of how two such different people could fit into the same car. But Farrelly doesn't answer this question hastily; he draws the viewer into that journey and allows the answer to emerge naturally. The film's real strength lies in its portrayal of racism as deeply ingrained in the fabric of everyday life, rather than presenting it as a manifesto. The fact that an artist who receives applause in luxurious concert halls even has to question where he can have dinner at the end of the same night ceases to be an abstract historical phenomenon and turns into a concrete pain. These moments are extremely effective in simultaneously evoking anger and sadness in the audience. However, the film never turns its weight into an unbearable burden. The tension that develops between the two characters sometimes makes you laugh, sometimes moves you to tears. This balance is perhaps Farrelly's most masterful achievement; it neither overwhelms the audience with slogans nor consoles them with shallow tranquility. The Green Guide, beneath its superficial road movie appearance, carries a multi-layered story about identity, honor, and confronting prejudice. Drawing from real events adds an extra layer of weight to the narrative. The feeling left inside one when the curtains close is something that only rare films can achieve; not exhausted, but ready to think about more.
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Gimly
January 20, 2019
6/10
Sadly, didn't end racism, but still very cute. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
Manuel São Bento
January 24, 2019
10/10
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog :) Living in Portugal has a ton of pros, but regarding movies, it lacks serious advantages. The price of admission is expensive, there is only one film theater in my city (every time I want to watch a movie on IMAX or Dolby Atmos, it's a financial effort and time-consuming) and the worst of all, a whole bunch of films aren't released in their original date, especially November/December Oscar-bait movies. Only now I had the op...
The Peruvian Post
February 17, 2020
9/10
"Frequently, when someone tries to portray the overwhelming decade of the 1960s, they usually misuse the concept of discrimination towards African Americans, which is accurate to describe this social issue. Nevertheless, the way Peter Farrelly and staff go into detail about this social wretchedness embodying the psychological impact it has in the main character makes the film an outstanding one". The year is 1962, and the film begins inside Copacabana restaurant where we get introduced the im...
Wuchak
March 29, 2020
9/10
***A white streetwise bouncer and an articulate black pianist tour the Deep South in 1962*** A tough, working class Italian New Yawker (Viggo Mortensen) is forced to take a gig driving a refined African-American concert pianist (Mahershala Ali) through the Midwest and Deep South in 1962. Linda Cardellini plays the wife of the Italian. “Green Book” (2018) was inspired by the real-life story and written by the son of Tony Lip (Mortensen). Like all great dramas, it’s compelling f...
UrsusNotHorribilus
August 29, 2021
/10
This movie has a weak understanding of not only the truth in the relationship between the two characters based on actual people, but simplifies the subject of race relations. It was a terrible choice for best picture.
AstroNoud
January 15, 2022
8/10
After a superb opening scene we get a heartwarming feel-good film that plays it a little too safe, but the chemistry between the two leads and some humor make ‘Green Book’ funny and highly enjoyable. 8/10
GenerationofSwine
January 12, 2023
1/10
I guess that this made it to the Academy Awards for saying something that has been said a thousand times before. But because it was made in 2018 and everyone below 30 and everyone in Hollywood pretends that cinema didn't exist until 2016 it had high praise. The acting is not bad, but for a movie set in the South, it could have used to actually show some of the beauty of the region they were driving through. Independent films have done a better job than this. But, because of the message, be...
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Frequently Asked Questions
Green Book was released in 2018.
Green Book has a runtime of 2 hr 10 min (130 minutes).
Green Book belongs to the following genres: Drama, Comedy, History.
Green Book has a rating of 8.2/10 from 12,921 votes on TMDB.
In the United States, Green Book is available to watch on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies.