Get your tissues ready

Rating: 10/10 (13 August 2019)

The green mile is a prison drama directed and written by frank darabount adapted from the stephen king story of the same name. Now you may know frank darabount from the mist, and you almost definetly know him from directing the shawshank redemption. The shawshank redemption is a true classic often counted among the greatest films ever made, and in my humble opinion it is the greatest film ever made. So hes coming off of that momumental film and you wonder "how the hell is he gonna live up to that? Its another prison story set in the early 1900s, can he ever live up to shawshank?
Yeah. It does. Seriosuly the green mile is one of the best films ever made. Frano darabount just continues to impress. Hes made another film with incredible acting, pitch perfect camera work, hard hitting emotional moments, and unlike shawshank some really good visual and in camera effects. I highly recomend the "magic of the mile" it had some really good insight into the filming proccess. Lets talk about michal clark duncan. He is oscar worthy and then some he is that good. Another great performance is doug hutchison. Its kind of easy to forget about how good he is because his character is so despicable, so hate-able, good god I dont think theres ever been a movie character thats made me want to punch something so much! Tom hanks is also incredible as paul edgecomb. I dont think its controversial to call tom hanks one of the greatest actors alive and in a carreer that includes saving private ryan,forest gump,philidelphia and captain philips this might be the best performance in his career. I highly recomend this movie, it is 3 hours long but belive me when I tell you it doesnt feel that way. I know alot of people say that about movies like the godfather and lawrence of arabia and there usually wrong but belive me its a relatevly easy watch if you dont mind crying your eyes out.