A sly corrective to “Driving Miss Daisy,” the sentimental dramedy “Green Book” is not the sort of movie one might expect from one half of the directing duo behind “Dumb and Dumber.” But director Peter Farrelly’s endearing story about a tough Italian-American from the Bronx shepherding an acclaimed black pianist from New York City through the Deep South in 1962 nails the formula for a touching and meaningful look at race and class in America, the likes of which studios rarely produce anymore. It’s an obvious but enjoyable period piece — and a throwback to another era of Hollywood filmmaking, resurrected in the 21st century with two of the best actors working today, who elevate this didactic form of storytelling above the market standard for schmaltz.
Proving that he can blend in with virtually any material at his disposal, Viggo Mortensen adds another notch to his chameloenesque abilities as the streetwise Frank Anthony Vallelonga,...
Proving that he can blend in with virtually any material at his disposal, Viggo Mortensen adds another notch to his chameloenesque abilities as the streetwise Frank Anthony Vallelonga,...
- 9/11/2018
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