Feel-good road-trip movie based on 'Driving Miss Daisy' formula

Rating: 8/10 (8 May 2020)

"Green Book" does a fine job of depicting the rampant disrespect that people of color were shown in the US during 1960's. Main problem is, as politically corrected movie, "Green Book" tries very hard and wants not to offend sacrificing the complexity of one of societies great ills in favor of script clarity. On the other hand, the film's effectiveness is especially due to the talents of the two stars - M. Ali and V. Mortensen, veteran actors who just do not ever give an inferior performance. At the end, it is a heartwarming and enough entertaining movie that shines a light on (a difficult part of) American history without patronizing. A real crowd pleaser.
Rating: 8-