GREEN BOOK – Review by Mae Abdulbaki

Peter Farrelly, whose filmography consists of mostly comedies such as There’s Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber, takes on a different kind of film with Green Book. Co-written by Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, and Brian Hayes Currie, the film downplays Mahershala Ali’s character and backstory, focuses too much on Tony’s perspective, and is far too familiar of a story in all the negative ways.

It’s 1962 and Tony Vallelonga, aka Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), is out of a job after the club he works at shuts down for a couple of months. He’s called to interview with famed pianist, Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), who wants to tour venues in the south and is looking for a driver. Continue reading…