A thoroughly entertaining film

Rating: 10/10 (11 December 1999)

I did not read the book before seeing this film. I was moved and overcome with the power of the story. The careful use of the connectivity from the present to the past was flawless and in the end, this brought me to a satisfied conclusion. The only thing I question and the one thought which haunted me after the show, was that Tom Hanks and his fellow guards were so eager to risk all to share "Koffee's" healing powers with the Warden's dying wife, but were powerless to render any help in having his case appealed after gaining the knowledge that it was "Wild Bill" who committed the atrocity.