Absolutely Moving

Rating: 9/10 (16 March 2007)

It's rare that I'm moved to tears by a film; I'm rather hard to impress. Schindler's List, for example, almost got me crying -- almost, but not quite. The Shawshank Redemption is another one. This film, however, never fails to make me weep.
John Coffey's life as a Christ-like figure on Death Row is touching and moving. The only reason this fails to achieve a ten-vote from me is because of a certain scene involving "punishment" that seems out of character -- I'll say no more than that, but you will recognize it when you see it.
Suffice it to say there is not much to be written about this film other than that it is worthy of the highest praise; if you have not seen it, you must do so -- and if you have, then you know why it moved me to tears.