IMDb plot summary: A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Directed by Peter Farrelly. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, and Sebastian Maniscalco.
When taken as just a sweet little buddy road trip movie, this is enjoyable enough. But I'm very confused about what people who gave it the Oscar nom think it's *saying*. It raises questions of privilege (both race and wealth, though the former more heavily and obviously) and then like... never resolves them? Or possibly only resolves them by saying, "Don't be individually prejudiced toward people," which... is not a new thought and is not handled interestingly here. Neither character feels changed at the end of the movie from who they were at the beginning. It's just a jumbled mess of a message.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Green Book < O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Green Book > Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Green Book < The Three Musketeers
Green Book < The Lost Boys
Green Book > Burn After Reading
Green Book > Show Boat (1951)
Green Book > Destry Rides Again
Green Book > Zero Dark Thirty
Green Book > An Officer and a Gentleman
Green Book > Happy-Go-Lucky
Green Book > The Love Witch
Final spot: #2059 out of 2993. This is a tad bit low because The Lost Boys is too low.
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