Green Book
2018 · Movie · PG-13 · 130 min · ★ 8.2 · 73% critics
In 1962, a working-class bouncer is hired to drive a refined Black pianist on a concert tour through the Deep South. Their road trip brings humor, tension, and uncomfortable encounters shaped by segregation and prejudice.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-11-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.2/10 (12,887 votes)
- Box office
- $321,752,656
- Budget
- $23,000,000
About
You may like this if you enjoy warm, accessible road-trip dramas like The Help; Not for you if you want a tougher, more complex look at racism.
Pros: strong lead chemistry; heartfelt humor; memorable music | Cons: simplified race themes; predictable story; broad characterizations
Themes
- friendship
- southern usa
- based on true story
- road trip
- racism
- pianist
- driver
- lgbt
- road movie
- music tour
- 1960s
- roadtrip
- +2 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2019
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2019
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2019
- National Board of Review Award — Best Film
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
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- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2019 · nominated
Cast & crew
Viggo Mortensen
as Tony Lip
Mahershala Ali
as Dr. Don Shirley
Linda Cardellini
as Dolores
Sebastian Maniscalco
as Johnny Venere
Dimiter D. Marinov
as Oleg
Mike Hatton
as George
P.J. Byrne
as Record Exec
Joe Cortese
as Gio Loscudo
Mary Agnes Nixon
as Copa Coat Check Girl
Von Lewis
as Bobby Rydell
Directed by Peter Farrelly