What a letdown!

Rating: 5/10 (7 July 2019)

I am not surprised that nobody has mentioned the actual Green Book they used on the trip. Nobody knows about it and this movie didn't help them learn. The title was extremely misleading. It promised something it didn't even try to deliver. It's more about Don Shirley's tour in the south with Tony serving as his driver and bodyguard, basically. It was NOT about the Green Book. It missed the whole point. What an excellent opportunity to share what the Green Book was all about. Instead, they grazed over the purpose of that valuable book! With the violence they showed, they could have had later scenes with them wishing they'd consulted the book first, or learning what a sundown town was AFTER they went through the experience.
While the movie seemed to try showing how harsh the times were (and did a fairly good job), it seemed too bent on fixing it with a counterbalance somewhere else. I think there should have been more concern about following the "rules" of The South--once they realized they existed, so they could stay out of trouble. Instead, they treated the situations almost as if they were just odd instances of racism.
With all that said, it was easy for me to know what was coming in many cases, but it was a very enjoyable movie, and the end--the last phrase spoken--was PERFECT.
I penalized the movie 5 stars for having a misleading title (which was very important in this situation), and I gave the movie 5 stars for being enjoyable.