Powerful in every way that it can be..

Rating: Null/10 (18 August 2000)

Possible Spoiler:*** I am 22, and I see lots of movies on a weekly and monthly basis. I had no interest in seeing it in the theater, but then a couple of my friends saw it and told me how incredible it was, so I waited for video. Boy, I wish I had followed my friends advice and seen it in the theater. I rented it and was completely blown away by it. I haven't cried at a movie in over 4 years, and at the end of this I was crying like a 2 year old with a scraped knee! Michael Clarke Duncan should have won the Academy Award for his performance, he was astonishing as John Coffey. Tom Hanks (brilliant as usual) makes the most of his role as head guard on The Mile. The entire cast is perfect, and Darabont's direction is flawless. Even though it is over 3 hours long, it only seems like an hour, that's when you know you have a great movie. As soon as it is available for purchase I will be owning it and I have recommended it to all my friends and family. After I was done watching it, my mother watched and was also blown away by it, we were both crying. There are many powerful moments in this film. One of the most powerful scenes though, is when Coffey "shows" Hanks what he knows.