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The Green Mile (1999)

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Reviews Counted:129

Fresh:100

Rotten:29

Average Rating:6.8/10

Consensus: Though The Green Mile is long, critics say it's an absorbing, emotionally powerful experience.

Runtime: 3 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: "The Green Mile" is told in a flashback narrated by Paul Edgecomb to his friend Elaine Connelly. Edgecomb is now living in an old-age home some six decades after working as the head guard on Death... "The Green Mile" is told in a flashback narrated by Paul Edgecomb to his friend Elaine Connelly. Edgecomb is now living in an old-age home some six decades after working as the head guard on Death Row at Cold Mountain Penitentiary.

Edgecomb’s tour of duty at Cold Mountain in the Depression-era South included watch over a quartet of killers awaiting their final walk down "the Green Mile," the stretch of green linoleum flooring that took convicts from their jail cells to the electric chair.

Over the years, Edgecomb walked the mile with a variety of cons. He had never before encountered someone like John Coffey, a massive black man convicted of brutally killing a pair of nine-year-old sisters. Coffey certainly had the size and strength to kill anyone, but his demeanor starkly contrasted with his appearance. Beyond his simple, naive nature and a deathly fear of the dark, Coffey seemed to possess a prodigious, supernatural gift. Edgecomb began to question whether Coffey was truly guilty of murdering the two girls.

As the story unfolds, Paul Edgecomb learns that, sometimes, miracles happen in the most unexpected places. [More]

Starring: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt

Starring: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Michael Jeter, Sam Rockwell, Barry Pepper, Graham Greene, Doug Hutchison, Jeffrey DeMunn, Patricia Clarkson, Harry Dean Stanton, Dabbs Greer, Eve Brent, William Sadler, Gary Sinise

Director: Frank Darabont

Director: Frank Darabont
Screenwriter: Frank Darabont
Producer: David Valdes, Frank Darabont
Composer: Thomas Newman

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A deeply racist movie, though clearly none of the filmmakers thinks so... By the picture's end, we are asked to grasp electrocution as in some way an act of benevolence.

Full Review Source: Nick's Flick Picks | comment 9 Comments
01/10/03
Nick Davis
Nick Davis
Nick's Flick Picks

Mr. Jingles was robbed! (no mouse-Oscar)

Full Review Source: StaciWilson.com | comment 2 Comments
01/01/05
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
StaciWilson.com

Is this movie making an argument for euthanasia and suicide? Should nice folks have the option of giving up the ghost when they get tired of the world's problems?

Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment 1 Comment
12/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer

Stuart Little, you may have competition!

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
01/01/00
E! Online
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
03/24/02
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02/17/03
Hollywood.com

Though the film drifts off down some long blind alleys, when Darabont exercises discipline the result is highly effective.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
08/24/08
Channel 4 Film
N/R

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10/18/08
Sight and Sound

A near-masterpiece.

Full Review Source: Film Written Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/01
Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe
Film Written Magazine

A cracking good yarn that earns its laughter, its wonder and its tears.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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10/30/02
Ben De Haan
Ben De Haan
ViewLondon

It's hard to be affected by The Green Mile, for it rarely offers much background on any of its characters beyond their Central Casting pigeonholes.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Aulert
Bob Aulert
culturevulture.net

The quickest 180 minutes you will ever spend in a movie theater.

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01/01/00
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
rec.arts.movies.reviews

So well-crafted that it seems like a feast, even when your brain is telling you that this story could not possibly be stretched any thinner.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

The worst I can say about this thoroughly decent movie is that it botches some of the most important scenes.

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
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Though watchable and occasionally moving... it strains credibility and patience

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01/01/00
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

Unfolds slowly, but Darabont shows a deft sense of pacing.

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01/01/00
Chris Scantleberry
Chris Scantleberry
Citysearch

There's plenty here to make you laugh and cry.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Duncan’s beautiful performance is worth at least three hours of anyone’s life.

Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
03/08/02
Chuck Rudolph
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine

There is no doubt that the director has mistaken size for quality with bum-numbing consequences.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
04/17/01
Clark Collis
Clark Collis
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