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Green Book

Play trailer 2:30 Poster for Green Book PG-13 Released Nov 21, 2018 2h 10m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Dr. Don Shirley is a world-class African-American pianist who's about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South in 1962. In need of a driver and protection, Shirley recruits Tony Lip, a tough-talking bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx. Despite their differences, the two men soon develop an unexpected bond while confronting racism and danger in an era of segregation.
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Green Book takes audiences on an excessively smooth ride through bumpy subject matter, although Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen's performances add necessary depth.

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Ben Sachs Chicago Reader Yet Farrelly and his cast deliver the cliches with such sincerity and good cheer that the film won me over anyway. Feb 22, 2020 Full Review Matthew Rozsa Salon.com An enthusiastic and well-intentioned but ultimately clichéd approach is abundantly evident in the final product. Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 11, 2020 Full Review Claudia Puig The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) Green Book is a glib, caricatured and insensitive movie that reduces an enduring, dangerous societal problem to a calculated fable with a happy ending. [Full review in Japanese] Rated: 1.5/4 May 3, 2019 Full Review Ankit Ojha Cinema Elite The more you think about it in retrospect, [...] the more chances you have of getting madder. (Or it will probably make you feel better about being utterly ignorant about systemic racism; you choose.) Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 9, 2024 Full Review Ryan McQuade InSession Film The score and editing are not memorable at all, with some scenes just feeling out of place, and a soundtrack that feels too on the nose at times. Rated: C- Apr 4, 2024 Full Review Denise Pieniazek Puesta en Escena (AR) Green Book tells the story of the friendship between the renowned pianist and composer Don Shirley, and his driver and bodyguard Tony “Lip” Vallelonga in the sixties. The different cultures and social classes will be the main focus of the action. Rated: 8/10 Jan 27, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Damon Beyond great. Historical, unmatched, it deserved all the accolades and more it received. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review matthew h it was interesting and fun Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/25 Full Review John M. What a movie. I’m a sucker for a true story not to mention one that has such valuable lessons in it. This movie pulled at my heart every step of the way. I felt it was beautifully told Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/24/25 Full Review Calvin T All round good movie.....on alot of different aspects Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/13/25 Full Review Gordon B Review of The Green Book The screenplay rings true even if it's not literally true about all the episodes that constitute the film. The epilogue validates the unlikely friendship that developed between the two main characters, and the fact that the credits contain the names of several members of Tony Lip's family, the Villalongas, authenticates the story hold here. The acting is superb. The cinematography is creative without being showy, the editing is crisp, the sound entirely adequate, the costumes likewise. The movie rewards rewatching. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/13/25 Full Review Thomas R. Just an absolute fantastic movie Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/11/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Dr. Don Shirley is a world-class African-American pianist who's about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South in 1962. In need of a driver and protection, Shirley recruits Tony Lip, a tough-talking bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx. Despite their differences, the two men soon develop an unexpected bond while confronting racism and danger in an era of segregation.
Director
Peter Farrelly
Producer
Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Peter Farrelly, Brian Hayes Currie, Nick Vallelonga
Screenwriter
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Participant, DreamWorks Pictures, Innisfree Pictures, Charles B. Wessler Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Racial Epithets|Language|Thematic Content|Smoking|Some Violence|Suggestive Material)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 21, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 19, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$85.1M
Runtime
2h 10m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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