Fresh
Much of the three-hour movie takes place in the prison, but the resonant characterization, expansive plotting, and judicious use of exterior locations and flashbacks turn the walls into windows.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
The Green Mile
Paul Edgecomb didn't believe in miracles. Until the day he met one.
1999 · 3h 9m · R
Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Frank Darabont
Overview
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Director and cast
- Frank Darabont Director
- Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb
- David Morse as Brutus 'Brutal' Howell
- Bonnie Hunt as Jan Edgecomb
- Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey
- James Cromwell as Warden Hal Moores
- Michael Jeter as Eduard Delacroix
- Graham Greene as Arlen Bitterbuck
- Doug Hutchison as Percy Wetmore
- Sam Rockwell as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
- Barry Pepper Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Rotten
To more than a few viewers, this one will feel like a life sentence.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Rotten
The supernatural elements carry an undeniable emotional charge, but the solution to the underlying murder mystery is disappointingly tidy and trite.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
Three long hours of wind, an exercise in titanic self-importance intent on passing off klunky rhetoric as poignant drama.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
In its own old-fashioned way, Frank Darabont's style of picture making is well matched to King-size yarn spinning.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
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