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Green Book (2018)
Directed by Peter Farrelly
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Overview
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.
Rated PG-13 | Length 130 minutes
Actors
Viggo Mortensen | Mahershala Ali | Linda Cardellini | Sebastian Maniscalco | Dimiter D. Marinov | P. J. Byrne | Mike Hatton | Joe Cortese | Maggie Nixon | Von Lewis | Jon Sortland | Don Stark | Anthony Mangano | Paul Sloan | Quinn Duffy | Seth Hurwitz | Hudson Galloway | Gavin Foley | Rodolfo Vallelonga | Louis Venere | Frank Vallelonga | Don DiPetta | Jenna Laurenzo | Suehyla El-Attar | Kenneth Israel | Derrick Spears | Johnny Williams | Randal Gonzalez | Iqbal Theba | Sharon Landry | Nick Vallelonga | David An | Mike Cerrone | Peter Gabb | Gertrud Sigle | Geraldine Singer | Ron Flagge | Martin Bats Bradford | Ted Huckabee | Gralen Bryant Banks | Sam Malone | Floyd Miles | David Kallaway | James W. Evermore | Harrison Stone | Ricky Muse | Tom Virtue | Christina Simpkins | Kermit Burns III | Lindsay Brice | Shane Partlow | Daniel Greene | Brian Distance | Craig DiFrancia | Dennis W. Hall | Leslie Castay | David Simpson | Jim Klock | Billy Breed | Dane Rhodes | Brian Stepanek | Jon Michael Davis | Montrel Miller | Ninja N. Devoe | Brian Hayes Currie
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/08/2018 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Not so much confronting the racism of the past as gently pulling back the covers a little from the point of view of an interested bystander. I guess that makes it easier for all of us white people to disclaim and distance ourselves from it without having to recognize or do anything about it.
That aside, it was a mostly charming, well-done, if at times cliched, road movie. One could easily imagine this being an entirely different movie if it were told from the point of view of Dr. Shirley.
Definitely the sort of film that the mostly older, white, socialite crowd at DFF would have eaten up, so I’m kind of glad I didn’t see it there.
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