another wonderful Frank Darabont prison drama!

Rating: 7/10 (26 November 2000)

THE GREEN MILE is a very absorbing and engrossing story. As you watch this film, you get so wrapped up in the story and its characters, that you totally forget the passing of time. Although it's over 3 hours long, the time here passes even faster than it did in TITANIC, another excellent 3 hour+ movie.
This is a story about the life of a prison guard who works in a cell block where they execute people with the electric chair. When he meets the newest prison inmate, who's about 7 feet tall, he seriously doubts the guilt of the crime for which he was sent to prison. He discovers he's a very sweet and childlike person, and he even has a gift of taking diseases away from people.
I can't tell you more than that, because I'm afraid I'd spoil the movie for you. If you're in the mood for a long and moving story set in prison (somewhat like THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION), then rent this movie.