A very touching film

Rating: 9/10 (18 February 2015)

John Coffey is a kind, loving and peaceful man who only wants happiness and for everyone to get along. Sadly the film is set in America during the great depression (1930s) so racism is part of everyday life and so characters are blinded by this factor and so judge a book by its cover, Coffey is that misunderstood individual (until the end that is).
The acting in this movie is top notch and it has been almost perfectly adapted from the great novel by Stephen King, along with fantastic casting and most importantly the key emotional aspect is present throughout the film too.
When reading the book I hated the character of Percy with a passion and was so happy with his downfall, but in the movie I despised him even more this was due to the realistic evil glimmer in his eye when he crushed Mr Jingles or whacked Delacroix with his baton and his sarcastic nature that he used time and time again made me want to punch him repeatedly in the face as did many of his co workers. So well done to Dutch Hutchinson for really bringing this b*****d of a character to life!
The film reminds us that we all have our own Green mile we must walk when we reach the end of our lives but we do not know when or how, we must enjoy the time we have and get to know people for who they are and not what they seem to be.
Overall this film is very saddening and will surely make you feel many different emotions at once in a matter of 3 hours, that you will never forget. A 9.2/10.