Green Book

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Green Book

PG-13

2018

2h 10m

Comedy

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.

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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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Josh G

@Parsifal83 2d

Green Book tells a familiar story, but tells it well. Stories about people overcoming prejudice through friendship are among the oldest and most enduring dramatic traditions, and the chemistry between its two leads makes that journey engaging. Even so, the film rarely digs beneath the surface of its characters or their relationship, settling for a crowd-pleasing warmth rather than deeper emotional complexity. A solid film, if a modest choice for Best Picture.

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Ryan H

@RT50892193 5d

Great story and moving message

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Karen S

@Kaylee37 Jul 21

Must see, amazing acting, heartfelt true story.

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Noah K

@noah-1 Jul 10

Strikingly alive. A story about two people who came to understand each other.

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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