Not a film, more a t.v. mini-series

Rating: 3/10 (18 March 2000)

The tagline should read "From the director of the overly-long shawshank redemption, the incredibly long green mile. When the old man character says "Sometimes the green mile seems so long" he got a huge laugh from our audience. 190 minutes!!! OVER THREE HOURS to tell a ninety minute story- even revealing that the big black guy is big took what seemed to to be two minutes. Thank the Lord it didn't get a nom for best editing, it needed well over an hour cut right out of it. Does Frank Darabont own eastman kodak? Or do people just give him far too much film stock for free? Frank writing, directing and producing, allowed him to commit cinematic diarroehea yet again. There are some laughs, a great ensemble of the guards, but not a FILMIC moment in the whole thing. It is a play!!!! Not a movie, but it's framed for television, not one attempt at using the cinematic canvas was attempted or even considered. The Green Mile is not a film. It is a two part mini-series stealing good theatrical release money from real movies. Avoid.