Deeply moving film worth watching

Rating: Null/10 (18 March 2004)

This movie makes you wonder how many innocent people have been executed. I found strong religious symbolism in John Coffey to Jesus Christ in that Jesus performed miracles and he too was put to death despite his peaceful and innocent nature. I do believe images from the movie will stay with you long after, but not in a bad way. I didn't think the movie pushed a viewpoint regarding death row convictions in one direction or the other, but just made you think about the judicial system. Maybe DNA testing would have freed John Coffey if the year was 2004, but I think he would have been implicated in some way, maybe as an accomplice, since people judge each other based on appearances. There was one very nasty character in the movie who most people would agree deserved death row. But of course, is the satisfaction of putting down the vile murderers of the world worth the life of even 1 innocent person? What if that innocent person was you?