Review of Green Book (2018) by Yorkman — 06 Feb 2019

It's hard to review this movie....

On one hand it's a well crafted, well directed, well scored, well acted movie with great cinematography and a fairly compelling narrative.... On the other hand it's a very well documented moment in time inIt's hard to review this movie....

On one hand it's a well crafted, well directed, well scored, well acted movie with great cinematography and a fairly compelling narrative....

On the other hand it's a very well documented moment in time in which is recreated in an incredibly watered down, rose-tinted glasses kind of way, almost to the point of it being more of a 'how it should have been', rather than recreating the real-life tale it is apparently based on.

Why is this....?

Because the film has been made to receive the 'family-friendly' PG-13/12A rating, and this destroys the film as any kind of accurate representation of what really happened during this extended road trip through the Deep South.

It's impossible to relate the power of the story, the characters and their development, the abuse and racial hatred, outright bigotry, and social injustices..

Nor is it possible to show everyone smoking, the casual sexism, any enjoyment of alcohol... And Heaven forfend any adults in film use strong profanity or derogatory racial slang!!

It's meaningless to offer movie-goers something so diluted and bland.. And it's no wonder we've created a generation that IS offended at the very idea of what society was like, to the point that the vast majority of people who have (and will) see(n) this film will believe that it is an accurate representation of the time/places it is set.