This is one mile worth walking

Rating: 6/10 (23 June 2000)

There's only one thing wrong with "The Green Mile" . . . its Oscar-baiting. All the thunderous music, slow-motion camera work and exploding lights get a little tiresome. Taken as a whole, this a pretty petty complaint when put up against all that is good in this film. It's a testament to how mesmerizing the movie is when the main character states, nearly 3 hours into the film, "sometimes the Green Mile can seem so long," and no one in the audience even lets out a snicker. This movie moves so fast, I actually wish they would have taken another 30 minutes to include a portion of the novel they omitted (it was one of my favorite subplots). When you find yourself thinking three hours wasn't quite long enough, you know you've got something great on your hands. This is one mile worth walking.