Another great movie adaptation

Rating: 10/10 (30 October 2000)

I've always sort of shrugged off Stephen King as a horror writer, and since I'm not into that genre I don't often read his stuff. And the movies such as "Children of the Corn," an adaptation of his short story was so bad it wasn't much of an encouragement. But with movies like "The Green Mile" and "The Shawshank Redemption" one has to give credit for coming up with very good stories that adapt well to the screen. The acting in this movie is first rate. And although there isn't an overt "message" about the death penalty a la "Dead Man Walking," the story and depiction of the process is so good that it makes one really question the necessity of the state to consciously and legally kill. This movie deserves to be on the top 100 list.