Powerful Modern Day Classic

Rating: 10/10 (3 January 2004)

I would rate this film as one of the best movies that I have ever seen.
John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan) is (wrongly) sent to death row for murdering and raping two children.
What (IMHO) makes this movie great, is even though John Coffey is the lynch pin of the movie, the story is not only about John Coffey the wrongly accused killer and his special powers. The story delves off into other directions, you get to meet other prisoners and there characters are developed as well, to the point where you care what happens to them. You get to learn more about the guards that look after the prisoners as well
All the actors playing prisoners put in great performances, especially Michael Jeter (Eduard 'Del' Delacroix) and Michael Clarke Duncan (John Coffey), even the mouse did well.
The first hour of the movie is based on character development, and you soon work out who you like and who you do not. The rest of the movie tells the tale of the prisoners and guards of E block, with the gentle giant (Coffey) who has the power to heal.
Overall, a moving tale and an excellent movie. 10/10