Green Book

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Green Book

PG-13

2018

2h 10m

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Drama

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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.

Critics Consensus

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

02/22/2020

Yet Farrelly and his cast deliver the cliches with such sincerity and good cheer that the film won me over anyway.

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Matthew Rozsa

Salon.com

01/11/2020

2.5/4

An enthusiastic and well-intentioned but ultimately clichéd approach is abundantly evident in the final product.

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Claudia Puig

The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan)

05/03/2019

1.5/4

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]

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Ankit Ojha

Cinema Elite

07/09/2024

2.5/5

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.)

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Ryan McQuade

InSession Film

04/04/2024

C-

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.

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Denise Pieniazek

Puesta en Escena (AR)

01/27/2024

8/10

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.

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Damon

03/18/2025

Beyond great. Historical, unmatched, it deserved all the accolades and more it received.

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matthew h

01/18/2025

it was interesting and fun

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Raymond R

@CainVirethorn 8h

Usually, I learn of "new" (either new-new or old ones) movies from browsing Netflix, Prime, etc. Green Book is one of the ones that was listed as a newly released and it peaked my interest. This is, by far, one of my favorite all time movies and one of the top best I've seen. The comedy is great, but not overwhelming that it negates the story. The characters were brilliant, specifically the two main stars. They play their part well and bounce off of each other. While I won't spoil anything, there was one issue I had regarding part of Shirley's character that felt forced, just for the sake of it. Other than that, perfect movie.

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Frank T

@Frank1255 15h

Frankly, I'm insulted by the treatment of this subject matter which is an important tale to tell but told in a slovenly overstated manner. I taught black history in Cleveland, Ohio for years but I wouldn't have cheapened the GREEN BOOK'S history by reducing it to a predictable road pic. Hollywood did it again!

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Jim B.

@azbenchaar 3d

Very well done! 👍🏼

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Levi J

@Lev77 4d

Brilliant, wonderful movie that has deep and light themes perfectly blended all with great music and fabulous, dynamic performances from Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen, creating a true story about friendship.

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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