LIKEABLE TRUE STORY IN THE MIDST OF RACISM...!

Rating: 8/10 (17 December 2018)

A immensely likeable true story of a couple of New Yorkers, one, an Italian from the Bronx hired as a driver to a black man from Manhattan, a piano prodigy, on a Southern bound tour w/his band. Played by Viggo Mortensen & Mahershala Ali respectively, this offbeat duo generate credible warmth & understanding as we see 2 opposites deal w/an ever changing world. Coming from Peter Farrelly, one half of the writing/directing duo behind many gross out hits, this down to Earth 'reel but true' account of this mismatched pair hits the right note of historical perspective & measured levity in a story that could've gone badly if presented incorrectly. Luckily the performances of the leads garner much good will making the obvious tough scenes of racial prejudice go down w/the right amount of distance & recognition.