Life changing

Rating: Null/10 (6 January 2000)

"On the day of reckoning, when I meet my maker, and I have killed one of his greatest miracles, what do I say?", asks Paul Edgecomb (Hanks) of John Coffey (Duncan), a few days before he is to execute the man for a murder that he knows he is wrongly accused of.
It is said that a movie is never as good as the novel, if that is so then Stephen King's book must be exceptional. Michael Duncan's performance as Coffey was superb in his very first scene you know inside you that this man was not a murderer, such was the strength of his performance. Tom Hanks, as ever, played his role to perfection and along with the supporting cast they manage to hold the audience for the entire movie.
The film raises, and deals with a number of moral issues with a great deal of skill and proficiency. Frank Darabont has directed a masterpiece in The Green Mile and in my opinion an Oscar nomination is guaranteed.