Easy to digest and heartwarming feelgood movie

Rating: 9/10 (17 February 2020)

While you could argue if the topic raised in the movie is really suited for a feelgood movie such as this, when the credits rolled, I could wholeheartedly say yes.
For once it's not dark, gloomy and preachy drama about America's 1960's racism. No, this is an uplifting and hopeful tale of two men, getting closer together and evolve beyond the beliefs they have been brought up with or the semi-hardcoded (mis)conceptions of things that simply are a certain way for them, mostly because of groupthink and indirect group pressure to behave a certain way.
The acting is strong and I especially liked Viggo Mortensen's portayal of Tony Lip, even if he came across as a bit of a caricature at times. The same issue I had with a couple of supporting characters.
Mahershala Ali gives an equally strong performance, even though his character has some small flaws when it comes to believability.
I found myself being able to easily ignore any flaws because I just really liked the movie as a whole.
The story is easy to digest and despite the topic, not very deep, but that is fine. We know what it is about, and that is more than enough in this case. It also knows when it's a tearjerker and it's not ashamed of it.
You can top it all off with beautiful classical and sixties era music.
All in all, a very entertaining and loveable movie. 9/10, well deserved.