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Green Book
2018 130 min United States of America PG-13 16+
★8.6
Drama, Comedy, History
Director: Peter Farrelly
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Description
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Budget:
$23M
US Gross:
$85.08M
Worldwide:
$321.75M
Starring
Viggo Mortensen
Actor
Mahershala Ali
Actor
Linda Cardellini
Actor
Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2019
— Best Supporting Actor
Academy Awards 2019
— Best Picture
Academy Awards 2019
— Best Screenplay
Academy Awards 2019
— Best Picture
BAFTA 2019
— Best Actor
Academy Awards 2019
— Best Screenplay
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2019
— Best Actor
Golden Globe 2019
— Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)
Academy Awards 2019
— Best Actor
Academy Awards 2019
— Best Film Editing
Golden Globe 2019
— Best Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Golden Globe 2019
— Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe 2019
— Best Screenplay
Golden Globe 2019
— Best Director
Golden Eagle 2020
— Best International Feature Film
BAFTA 2019
— Best Supporting Actor
Razzie Awards 2019
— Redemption Award
Academy Awards 2019
— Best Supporting Actor
Key opinion
Green Book is widely praised as a heartwarming and accessible buddy-road movie anchored by the exceptional chemistry between its two leads. While many appreciate its balanced approach to serious themes through humor, others criticize it for being overly formulaic, unoriginal, and prone to oversimplifying complex racial issues.
| Acting | Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali deliver compelling performances whose onscreen chemistry elevates the entire film. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay successfully balances humor and drama, making the narrative engaging and emotionally resonant for a broad audience. | |
| Originality | The film utilizes a classic road-movie structure that remains entertaining and accessible, though it risks feeling derivative of earlier films like The Intouchables. | |
| Theme | Opinions on the depiction of race relations are split; some find the film a gentle, effective lesson in empathy, while others argue it relies on clichés and fails to address the severity of 1960s systemic racism. | |
| Direction | The direction is viewed as competent but unremarkable, with some critics noting that it fails to fully capture the authentic visual atmosphere of the 1960s American South. |