I cannot believe people liked this so much!

Rating: 5/10 (8 February 2001)

This has got to be one of the most overrated movies of all time. It didn't suck really bad, IMO, but was just plain average - and on the boring side of that. I didn't find it very emotionally moving, and I thought it was quite "cheesy". I didn't get really involved and enveloped into the movie as one would when watching a truly great film, and I even say this in a nice big theatre too. This movie just didn't turn my crank, it was very predictable, was not very thought provoking, and I'm very surprised there aren't more mixed reviews at least from the users of this site...
The Green Mile is NOWHERE CLOSE to The Shawshank Redemption, and shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence as an emotionally powerful masterpiece such as that. Granted that neither film is meant to appeal to your intellectual side, but more to your emotions - this film even fails at that, in my opinion. Perhaps I just couldn't get into it because it was too cheesy...
Overall, this was a disappointing film, and I know I'm not the only one who thinks that as well. Based on people I've spoken with, this film should have more mixed reviews rather than the overwhelming praise it seems to have got.