Wow

Rating: Null/10 (27 July 2003)

I didnt make any effort to see this film until it was on TV. The first time I saw the film I came downstairs and the film was just past the first execution and within 5 minutes I was completely drawn in.
I found this film amazingly, almost unsettling 'deep'. It really made me think, a rare asset some films have (Patch Adams is another one). I was completly struck by the horrific execution of Del, and actually left the room at one point. I was amazed by the way such a film touched me, and for days after certain lines (especially "John Coffey, like the drink only not spelt the same") brought tears to me eyes! I have read the book, and found it less graphic, so i coped a bit better with the reading than the watching, as I cried much less!
If anyone is not touched psycologically by this film, then they cant be human. I cant say that this film is one of my favourites, thats not the way I could describe it, as it isnt that sort of film. It is an excellent film and is of the standard that all films should be, it is good, in a different way to most other films and I cant find words to describe it!