A Brilliant and Moving Film

Rating: 10/10 (21 June 2001)

"The Green Mile" is a very nearly a great film. It is funny and moving, sad and frightening, an allegorical tale that depicts good and evil, love and hate, and magic or religion or the supernatural, or something else. It does all these things with telling effectiveness. The performances were terrific, particularly those of David Morse as Brutal and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey. The only reason I did not give "The Green Mile" a 10 -- I gave it a 9 -- was its three-hour plus length and extreme violence. Don't be put off, though. Highly recommended.