Good luck not getting emotionally attached to Tony and Dr. Don Shirley

Rating: 9/10 (12 February 2019)

Green Book tells the story of a trip where an Italian-American nightclub "bouncer" (Viggo Mortensen) ends up driving a prestigious, and importantly black, piano player (Mahershala Ali) around the US in the mid 1960s, namely through several shows in the deep US south still very much socially divided
If this movie was only about segregation in the South, it probably would not add as much given how frequently this topic has been depicted in movies
But thankfully it is much more than that
It is about feeling accepted by your keen, it is about how success can be lonely and also about embracing the best of people who are different from you.
And it does this brilliantly by showing a constant debate between these two man and the different setbacks and distinct perspectives with which them face them.
As added bonus, the soundtrack is great and not by one second do you doubt the actor is playing those piano keys, even if they are actually supplied by the movie's soundtrack coordinator.
Viggo Mortensen's performance is absolutely sublime, especially if it is not your first time watching one of his movies, and a real candidate for the Best Actor. Of course Mahershala Ali does not disappoint either, but I see some traits there from his role in House of Cards
In any case a great movie with an engaging plot, heat-warming and still very emotionally charged and with lots to be shocked about in regards to a black man's statue in the 1960s (which continues to be absolutely mindboggling when you realize this was 50+ years ago only).