Beautiful Film

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2000)

If there were only one film I could see for the rest of my life, it would definitely, without a doubt, be The Green Mile. Being an avid fan of The Shawshank Redemption and Stephen King, I really wanted to see this movie and was so glad when I did. Never before have I been so deeply touched by a movie because this story is so real and so remarkably believable. After I saw the movie, I read the novel. The book and the movie are almost exactly the same and the casting for the movie was absolutely perfect. The best performances in the film were those by David Morse (I loved his character and I'm a big fan of his) and Michael Clarke Duncan, who didn't just play John Coffey but became him. If you're afraid of the long running time of a little past three hours, don't be. You don't even notice the time lapse, and that signifies a good film. Be prepared to experience a film that gives a deep, beautiful insight into human emotion but is still real enough to make you laugh. I love American Beauty, but this film should have won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1999, but at any rate, it's still my number one film.