After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver. However, as the disparate pair witness and endure America's appalling injustices on the road, they find a newfound respect for each other's talents and start to face them together. Title: External Reviews I generally go for weightier fare, so my being won over by a PG-13 road film with the familiar "they-couldn't-have-been-more-different" premise directed by the auteur co-responsible for such recent classics as "Dumb and Dumber To" and "The Three Stooges" elicited a virtual double-take.But I couldn't help it ... it really WAS the best film I saw (out of 17), and far and away the most entertaining. For months, Green Book has been considered a 2019 Oscars frontrunner. Some of my movie friends were stunned when I mentioned in a thread that this was my "People's Choice Award" vote for TIFF 2018 (it won, btw). "As Tony Lip in Green Book, he delivers the capstone to his remarkable career. There's definitely an air of authenticity to the events as they unfold that could never occur with a purely contrived plot. See the stars of AFI Fest in EW and Audi's portrait studio. In a statement to ET following his nomination, Ali spoke about what he learned from his role. GREEN BOOK tears a page from American history and presents it as a moving picture of hope in the road ahead. A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. "That’s just 100% wrong.". You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. a controversial tweet from 2015 resurfaced, in which he made anti-Muslim remarks. The most promising offer turns out to be the driver for the African-American classical pianist Don Shirley for a concert tour into the Deep South states. | Even more impressive than the acting and its award wins—is the fact that it’s based on actual events. "100% correct," Vallelonga reportedly replied to Trump. “I’d like to thank the Academy for recognizing my work along with the extraordinary performances of my fellow nominees. ... Sign up for our Newsletter and be the first to find out about the nominees, winners and breaking entertainment news! Golden Globe Awards for 'Green Book' 2019. Use the HTML below. And if I could bet on an Oscar win right now, it would be Kris Bowers for Best Original Score. Their extraordinary trip inspired us all to take this journey of a lifetime. Farrelly issued a statement to ET following the article's publication, admitting that the descriptions of his behavior recounted in the 20-year-old Newsweek articles were "true. In total, Green Book scored five Oscar nominations, for Best Picture, Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen), Bust Supporting Actor (Ali), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: the Joker. That's not a setup that a Hollywood script written from scratch would ever have come up with.The two lead actors really click. ", Around the same time, the film itself found itself under fire after NPR and Shadow and Act released interviews with some of the living family members of Dr. Shirley -- including the pianist's brother, Maurice Shirley, who described the film as "a symphony of lies. Offers may be subject to change without notice.