This never rose above mediocre

Rating: 1/10 (16 March 2019)

This is one of the blandest and most simplistic depictions of racism I've ever seen in a movie since 2006's trash film Crash.
The only part of this movie that passes as okay is some of the acting. But even then I never bought Viggo Mortensen or Mashallah Ali's characters. They tried with what they had, but they had poor direction.
There's a distinct lack of grit and cursing in this film about traveling through the south with a black man and that really bugged me.
Also for some reason this film is shot like a comedy while tackling a very serious subject, it's a very odd clash... oh my god the worst thing about this movie (besides the simplified story/cartoonishly simplistic view of racism) is the "comedy". I never laughed once at any of the jokes, but I did laugh at Viggo's hilariously stereotypical Italian accent, It's like watching Mario audition for Glory.
Also the musical score.for the film is pretty bad and bland, it's mostly violin music played to "enhance emotion" moments. It all feels so manipulative.
Anyhoo, I feel old white people will like this movie, but younger audiences will see through this phoney film and be mostly bored.