Green Book (2018)

Green Book rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.2/10· 682K votes

Rotten Tomatoes77%

Metacritic69%

TMDb8.224/10· 13K votes

With 77% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.2/10 on IMDb and 69/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Green Book

Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

Cast of Green Book

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  Viggo Mortensen

  as Tony Lip

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  Mahershala Ali

  as Dr. Don Shirley

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  Linda Cardellini

  as Dolores

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  Sebastian Maniscalco

  as Johnny Venere

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  Dimiter D. Marinov

  as Oleg

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  Mike Hatton

  as George

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  P.J. Byrne

  as Record Exec

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  Joe Cortese

  as Gio Loscudo

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  Mary Agnes Nixon

  as Copa Coat Check Girl

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  Von Lewis

  as Bobby Rydell

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  Jon Sortland

  as Rydell Band Leader

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  Don Stark

  as Jules Podell

Green Book facts

Budget

$23M

Box office

$321.8M

Our take on Green Book

Peter Farrelly's 2018 film blends comedy, drama and history to follow Tony Lip, a rough-edged bouncer hired in 1962 to drive pianist Don Shirley on a concert tour through the segregated Deep South, guided by a travel book for Black motorists. The odd-couple dynamic between the brash driver and the refined musician anchors a road movie about prejudice, dignity and unlikely friendship. Warm and accessible, it favors gentle humor and human connection over hard edges. It suits viewers who want a feel-good period drama with a social conscience. Watch it for two contrasting men reshaping each other's view of the world, mile by mile.