excellent story

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 1999)

Stephen King truly is a brilliant storyteller. This is another of his novels (but the first 6-parter) to be made into an instantly classic film. Featuring rich, gripping performances by David Morse, Michael Duncan, Doug Hutchison, and of course Tom Hanks, this movie presents the human struggles with good and evil, justice and law, and our ultimate fate. Kings story telling juxtaposes often gruesomely terrible events with the true goodness of the human soul. Because he is never afraid to present the audience horrific images of the evil potential of man, his examples of goodness and love shine through even brighter.