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

An excellent film. Is it a more idyllic vision of the 60's than the reality of that time? Quite undoubtedly. However, that doesn't change the effectiveness of the story. Sometimes we need a little bit of idealism.

Even if the film is sometimes timid in it's portrayal of racism in the deep south. But this movie isn't intended to be torture porn or a cautionary picture of the world, it's a film about how we as people can be better and how we can overcome our differences.

Director Peter Farrelly brings humor to the film, making it more mirthful than I had expected, but it always comes from the characters naturally and feels right. It's often witty and clever and maybe even a little saccharine, but this is a great film with outstanding performances by Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali.