As good as it gets

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 1999)

Can you say Philadelphia, Forest Gump, Saving Private Ryan? Yes, Tom Hanks is en route to another Academy Award nomination. He is quickly becoming on of the best actors of "all time" not just our era. As in The Green Mile, he seems to be at his best in quiet, understated roles. He breathed life into this story while Michael Clark Duncan (they're going to need to cast another Oscar to award to this giant of a supporting actor) simply stole your breath away. You'll be hard pressed to find better ensemble acting. There wasn't a poor acting job in the movie, including the brief roles by Gary Senise (defense attorney), William Sadler (victims' dad) and Harry Dean Stanton (trusty). As for the guards (Morse, Pepper, DeMunn, Hutchison) and prisoners (Geter, Greene, Rockwell) too bad they can't all be nominated. Stephen King knows how to bring the viewer into movie, note the bladder infection subplot, it was a gem. I judge a movie on how I felt when I walk out after the credits, and whether I want to see it again and again. I'll be back. A thousand words aren't enough to praise this movie, but three little words can criticize it -- not long enough!