Fantasy prison drama based on Stephen King’s award-winning serial novel, from the director of The Shawshank Redemption. Tom Hanks stars as...
Fantasy prison drama based on Stephen King’s award-winning serial novel, from the director of The Shawshank Redemption. Tom Hanks stars as a prison officer working on Death Row who, along with others at the penitentiary, begins to question the death sentence handed to a gentle giant (Michael Clarke Duncan).
Paul Edgecomb (Hanks) recalls his time as a corrections officer at Cold Mountain Penitentiary in the summer of 1935, working alongside his fellow guards Brutus (David Morse), Harry (Jeffrey DeMunn) and Dean (Barry Pepper). One day, they place John Coffey (Duncan) in line for Death Row, a large black man accused of raping and killing two young white girls. But when this gentle giant displays mysterious and extraordinary powers, both the officers and the inmates begin to question Coffey’s sentence.
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Michael Clarke Duncan.
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79 %136 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
94 %815,336 reviewsAudience score rating
"A story with beginning, middle, end, vivid characters, humour, outrage and emotional release. Dickensian."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Unassumingly strong, moving performances and Mr. Darabont's durable storytelling make it a trip worth taking..."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"There is no doubt that the director has mistaken size for quality with bum-numbing consequences."
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BBC
BBC"Lost amid the bloated sprawl of The Green Mile is a halfway decent episode of The Twilight Zone."
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Salon
Salon"The Green Mile is irritatingly repetitious and piled high with long-foreseen conclusions."
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Village Voice
Village Voice"Polished it is, profound it ain't. A big, tasty meal that lacks the nourishment of Shawshank."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"To more than a few viewers, this one will feel like a life sentence."
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine"(Darabont's) points would still be clear enough without the epic treatment."
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Variety
Variety"Resonant characterisation, expansive plotting, and judicious use of exterior locations and flashbacks..."
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Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader"Nearly everyone is upstaged by the mouse."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterThe Green Mile | Details
- Runtime
- 189
- Genre
- Drama, Fantasy
- Country of origin
- USA
