If you haven't read the novel yet, go and rent the film first...

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2000)

To be honest I didn't make it through the novel. I quit reading it after the second issue (it was initially published as a "scrapbook", remember?) but after seeing "The Green Mile" as a movie I wished I didn't.
I'm by no means a die-hard King-Fan, but I read some of his novels and I liked them a lot, especially The Dark Tower series, but with this novel he proves that he is a brilliant writer.
The movie is simply great, from both Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncans acting the main characters to the wonderful directing by Frank Darabont who already did a great job with his screen-adaption of "The Shawshank Redemption". All the supporting actors are playing their characters with passion, especially Academy award winner James Cromwell who plays the part of the tired and desperate Warden Moores.
I don't know why so many people are saying that a three-hour movie is hard to watch, I sat there and enjoyed each and every minute.
It's not too hard to make me laugh, but the last time a movie made me cry was when I was 5 years old and saw King Kong die on television, but this movie made me cry because the tear-jerking scenes were so not-painful as usually they are.
If you haven't read the book yet go and rent the film first and if you have read the book and didn't like it go see the film to because you'll probably change your mind.