The Green Mile

Rating: 10/10 (5 February 2005)

The first time I was this movie was New Years Eve, 1999. I don't typically like Stephen King, but this movie looked so good, and Tom Hanks was in it. I sat the whole three hours, totally engrossed in this movie and it's characters. The three hours seemed like only minutes. Tom Hanks was spectacular! I had never seen Doug Hutchinson in anything, but he did such a wonderful job as Percy, that I actually found myself disliking the man, not just the character. Michael Duncan Clarke gave an incredible performance as John Coffey, and I don't feel he was given the credit he deserved. Eduard Delacroix, played beautifully by Michael Jeter, is a wonderful, charming, quirky, character.Michael Jeter's performance had you not only liking a convict, but you find yourself rooting for him. All of the characters displayed compassion, yet they were tough when they had to be. The movie is about life and death on "The Mile", yet it really isn't...there is much more to it that that. Much as "A field of Dreams" really isn't about baseball. I would recommend this movie to anyone. It is one you can watch over and over again.