Good Performances, but Gets Increasingly Ridiculous

Rating: 6/10 (26 June 2000)

THE GREEN MILE (1999) * * 1/2 This movie has the best money can buy: great character actors in most roles, wonderful sets, excellent photography, and is never boring despite it's 3 hour length. That said, it's a shame that in its third hour the movie just keeps getting increasingly ridiculous to the point that I really can't recommend it. Oscar nomination for best picture was a joke, as was the one Michael Clark Duncan as the giant, childlike black death row inmate. His performance consists of contorting his face into a grimace and letting his eyes well up with tears.