A tantalising tale of a true miracle.

Rating: 9/10 (15 May 2004)

If you're after a film that will grip your heart, mind and soul...then this would most definitely be it. Stephen King's genius is reflected in this thrilling screenplay, based on his book of the same title.
Tom Hanks gives an impeccable performance as Paul Edgecomb, a prison warden, working on The Green Mile (death row). This particular year in time he is faced with meeting John Coffey - magnificently played by Michael Clark Duncan. Coffey is on death row for the murder of two young sisters, but his persona is far from that of a cold blooded killer, he simply seems to be a gentle giant.
Edgecomb gradually begins to warm to Coffey and begins research as to where he came from and considers the fact that maybe he didn't commit this terrible crime at all, especially when he begins to see the miracles which emanate from Coffey's vicinity.
Warden Hal Morris - played by James Cromwell - has a sick wife who is suffering from a brain tumour...helplessly he turns to Edgecomb for guidance. Would it be ethical for Edgecomb to lay this sick woman on the hands of a miracle worker...even though he is on death row?!?!
This King chiller is definitely not for the faint hearted, it is both thrilling and saddening. The performances from Sam Rockwell, as Wild Bill Wharten, a serial murderer and lunatic gives the film an added dash of genius.
Doug Hutchinson as Percy Wetmore, a mean-hearted warden provides public enemy number 1 for the viewers. His relationship with Eduard Delacroix, a pocket sized French prisoner is chilling and the viewers find themselves on the side of the miniature criminal.