Movie of the Week: Green Book

[jacey]

About as far away from Aragorn in Lord of the Rings as you can get, Viggo Mortensen takes the role of Tony Lip, a working-class Italian-American bouncer who becomes the driver (and trouble-sorter) for Dr Donald Shirley (Mahershala Ali) a refined African-American pianist on a tour of venues through the American Deep South in the 1960s.The Green Book of the title is a list of hotels, and such, friendly to black faces. Racial tensions are high and Tony's own prejudice is gradually worn away by the Doc until the two men become firm friends, though from vastly different worlds.

It's a buddy movie, a road trip movie and a movie about prejudice and friendship. Thoroughly enjoyable and even uplifting. Highly recommended.