Just amazing...

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 1999)

When I went to see Shawshank 4 or 5 years ago (Lucky that I saw this movie in the theater, not on video tape), I'm very surprised that they can create such a great film without romance and special effects. And also I'm very impressed with Thomas Newman's music for this movie then. Every Shawshank fan will always remember the ending when Red meets Andy beside the sea as the music transits from 'So was Red' to 'End Title'.
'The Green Mile' brings me back to that wonderful feeling. Just this time it is a warm mixed with sad feeling. Some of my friends complain that they don't like movies that bring them such depressed feeling. They feel hypnotized by the ending that move them into crying. That's true. Thomas Newman's music again help builds emotion in this movie. (Unbelievable!) Try listening to 'Coeffy on the Mile' and 'End Title: The Green Mile' and you will know.
It's really inappropriate to try to judge an outstanding movie according to those limited standards. So, try to watch this movie just using your pure heart.