Shown: 4 December 2019
- Date of release: 2018
- Running time: 2h 10m
- Director: Peter Farrelly
- Writers: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie & Peter Farrelly
- Country: USA
- Language: English
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Green Book Plot Synopsis
When Tony Lip , a bouncer from an Italian-American neighbourhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley, a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on “The Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger as well as unexpected humanity and humour – they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime.
Film Reviews
Witty and warm as cashmere, Green Book is a two-hander in which both stars soar with humour and heart.
Rex Reed, Observer
Green Book certainly paints a rosy picture of race relations, but ultimately I don’t think its little white lies are a bad thing. Like my father did with me, it’s telling us a story that makes our grandfathers seem better than they probably were. But it does so as an example of how we should be, as an aspirational ideal that maybe we’ll live up to one day even if we didn’t yesterday.
Vince Mancini, Uproxx