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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
"For all its attention to John's victimization -- and exacting an emotional response from its audience -- the film takes a surprisingly schizophrenic view of capital punishment."
Philadelphia City Paper
Cynthia Fuchs
2.5/4
"If only there was a death row for movies..."
Cinemaphile.org
David Keyes
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."
DustinPutman.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
3.5/4
"I'd be critical of the fact that Frank Darabont's entire directorial career has revolved around sweepingly sentimental movies based on Stephen King prison dramas -- if only he didn't do them so well."
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
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
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
3.5/4
"If this movie doesn't get a truckload of Oscar noms, something's rotten in the kingdom of Hollywood!"
Montreal Film Journal
Kevin N. Laforest
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
high +1 out of -4..+4
"A powerful Stephen King story, but one which is not compelling enough to justify the film's three-hour length."
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Mark R. Leeper
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
3.5/4
"A heartfelt fable that pushes all the right emotional buttons."
TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
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
8/10
"A moving story, helped by some great performances, primarily by Michael Clarke Duncan as Coffey, Hanks, Hutchison as the guards, and Jeter and Rockwell as prisoners."
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
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
8/10
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William Wolf
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