one of the better Stephen King adaptations

Rating: 8/10 (28 December 1999)

King can tell a story and The Green Mile is a good story. If you can suspend disbelief about the unflagging civility, kindness and insightfulness of the 1932 southern prison guards, the movie works well. It is about 90% the same as the book. It lacks the energy, edge and clarity of The Shawshank Redemption, but so do most prison movies. It is at least 30 minutes longer than it needed to be, but it holds your attention. Worth seeing.