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Movie Overview
Cast
• Tom Hanks
• Michael Clarke Duncan
• David Morse
Director
• Frank Darabont
MPAA Rating
R - Violence; language
The Green Mile (1999)

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OFCS Rating: 86% Fresh
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B-
"Though watchable and occasionally moving... it strains credibility and patience"  AboutFilm.com  Carlo Cavagna

4/5
"There's plenty here to make you laugh and cry."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

C
"Its 188 minutes of viewing time seemed like a life sentence."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

3/4
"It's just too bad, then, that the finale could not have been stronger. It downgrades a potentially great film to being, at most, a very good one."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

"What better place to witness healing than in a death-chamber where the malevolent an eye-for-an eye philosophy of justice reigns."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

"What better place to witness healing than in a death-chamber where the malevolent an eye-for-an eye philosophy of justice reigns."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"An affecting motion picture."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

8/10
"Laughter and tears are both subtly drawn out and jack-hammered home."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

"Easily one of the better films -- if not the best -- of the year."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

4/10
"This film is slow, drawn-out, boring, uninteresting, unexciting, predictable and topped with a couple of one-dimensional 'evil' characters."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

7/10
"...mildly entertaining and in some ways a little frustrating."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

"Hanks is a genuine pleasure to watch."  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

3.5/4
"Maravillosa historia acerca de los hombres y sus relaciones, sus miedos y sus sueños"  Moviola  Jorge Avila Andrade

5/5
"They don't get much better than this."  3BlackChicks Review  Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

9/10
"The Green Mile is a solidly crafted film telling a complexly layered story that features a beautifully satisfying, if bittersweet, finale."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3/5
"Beautifully crafted and emotionally satisfying."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

9/10
"Enthralling and literally miraculous, The Green Mile has become an instant favorite of mine, just as its source material did."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

4/5
"A thoughtful, intelligent movie with outstanding direction."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

5/5
"Quando a história chega ao fim e as luzes se acendem, você sente que, de certa forma, o filme permanecerá com você por muito tempo."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

4/5
"Dotted with many fine moments, clotted with a few flabby ones."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

10/10
"Darabont and King go to prison. Heck, it worked the first time!"  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

C
"Those whose lives Coffey touches may find relief from physical ailments, but they seem no freer, more hopeful, or nobler for the experience."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus

2.5/4
Read review  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

A-
Read review  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

3.5/4
Read review  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

high +1 out of -4..+4
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

8/10
Read review  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

8/10
Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

Read review  Philadelphia City Paper  Cynthia Fuchs

Read review  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Michael Dequina
OFCS Rating: 86% Fresh
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