Best performance by a mouse since Algernon in "Charly".

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 1999)

This film has an excellent cast, one of the best I've ever seen. I was particularly tickled to see Dabs Greer in the role as the aged Tom Hanks. He has been a favorite of mine on just about every TV show I ever watched while growing up (including numerous episodes of "The Fugitive").

I was relieved that the film did not get on the "anti-death penalty" soap box although there is a strong message throughout the film as to the finality and sometimes brutality of capital punishment. Also, I wish the victims families had not been portrayed as unsympathetic and vengeful. The death penalty remains as the final solution of choice in dealing with people who commit terrible and heinous crimes.
I give this film a big "thumbs up" and expect it to be on just about everyone's "best" list for the year.