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Rating: 8/10 (10 October 2005)

I simply cannot understand why this film is so highly regarded. I wanted to watch it because it had such a good write-up, was long, had great actors and sounded interesting. And it was... relatively interesting. But probably a slightly better than average film. Like 'The Green Mile' it should have been better. It was not emotional or harrowing enough. There was some silly part of the film that descended into a fiscal documentary!!!? 'Patch Adams' is much better. The most interesting theme was that prisoners become totally institutionalised and there were some good moments but overall it was a bit too clichéd. It would have been better with a more satisfying finale and a cracking, string-led score from James Horner or Hans Zimmer.