It is a familiar story: two men—one white, one black—from polar opposite backgrounds with wildly contrasting personalities get thrown together under unusual circumstances. They learn from each other, change each other for the better and discover that—guess what?—they’re not so different after all. There are several twists involved, the first is that the educated, cultured, talented, and rich man, Don Shirley (wonderfully portrayed by Mahershala Ali) is the black man, and the working class night club bouncer, Tony (Viggo Mortensen at his best) is the white guy. The situation under which they form this bond is that Tony is driving Shirley through the segregated American Sought in the 1960's, where in my lifetime African-Americans suffered sever prejudice and demeaning conditions at the hands of whites solely based on their color. Even Tony can tell that this is just wrong, and he also comes to see the anguish it brings to a massively talented artist. It is beautifully told on every level, a must see.
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