The BEST adaptation of a King Novel

Rating: Null/10 (12 December 1999)

At last Stephen King can be sure that the people who go see the "Green Mile" will be seeing a movie worthy of his labor. In the past King novels have been given the typical Hollywood treatment, and have been altered on way to the screen. In the Green Mile, the actors chosen have given astounding performances, and will leave you chuckling one moment, and feeling your heart break the next. Tom Hanks gives a grand sense of Humanity to the main character, just as King created him in the novel. All the elements that made The Green Mile such a wonderful book (series actually),are present. There is Mr Jingles the mouse, Old Sparky in all it's horrid detail, the wild and dangerous "Wild Bill", and the loathsome "Percy", but the show stopper is without a doubt the persona of "John Coffie ". All the warmth, pathos and marvel of the story is intact as well. Put this movie on your MUST see list.