well made, but horribly misguided

Rating: 5/10 (23 December 1999)

Seeing this movie was a very interesting experience. Several of my friends loved this movie, and people were crying their eyes out to the left and right of me in the theater. I, however, was left feeling uncomfortable and unimpressed. The Green Mile is very well acted, with good cinematography and so on, but the story is flawed. It is annoyingly predictable, with straight personalities and crushing religious overtones. I really disliked how the movie tells you how to feel. I disliked even more how it gets its laughs from torturing a "bad" character, while at the same preaching kindness and healing. Why did so many people besides myself like this film? Well, that's why I called it an interesting experience...