6.5 / 10

Rating: Null/10 (13 February 2001)

Tom Hanks looks more constipated than ever in the role of a virulent prison guard caught in the middle of a strange story about a giant man dropped from the sky (!) and who have the power to rise from the dead people , this in a totally funny and ridiculous way . The screenplay and direction is reduced to its most simplistic and academic form to not mislead the easygoing viewers, making THE GREEN MILE one of the most linear movies I have ever seen , to such a degree that we can anticipate what's going to happen every next minute for over 3 atrocious hours long. It's a shame that Stephen King says its the best film ever made out of his novels ; he didn't like Kubrick's adaptation of THE SHINING , and he seems to forget other good films such as CARRIE , STAND BY ME and THE DEAD ZONE...