GREEN BOOK: Already the winner of several Film Festival awards, can the Oscars be far behind?The plot concerns an African-American pianist named Don Shirley (played brilliantly by Mahershala Ali who won the Best Supporting Oscar for "Moonlight" in 2016) who is planning a tour of the deep south in the Jim Crow era. He needs a driver (and a bodyguard?) and the job falls to an ex-bouncer called Tony Lip (played with equal brilliance by Viggo Mortensen) How the two eventually bond after a rocky start is the plot and the fun in this film. At times funny, but making some serious points along the way, this is one to savor. I won't give anything away but this is the feel good movie we need as we enter the holiday season. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say "This is the best movie I've seen all year!" It will make you laugh, make you cry and make you believe in the integrity of man. And to top it all off, it's a true story!
I now have a new way to eat pizza.
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