Finally! A REAL Stephen King film.

Rating: 10/10 (13 December 1999)

Finally! A Stephen King film that tells the same story as the book! And what a story !!!! And what fantastic characters!!!! If you have the cash for only two movies this year, spend it on "The Green Mile" and "American Beauty", please. Michael Duncan as John Coffey will tear your heart out as someone just too good for this cruel world. Stephen King knows all the tricks to get you to love (or hate) his characters, and all film directors would do well to tell his stories exactly as written, thank you! The audience was so stunned that they filed out in silence after the credits. Go see this one with someone you love, and hold on tight.....