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The Green Mile
1999 189 min United States of America R 18+
★8.7
Fantasy, Drama, Crime
Director: Frank Darabont
🎭 Based on
«The Green Mile»
byStephen King
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Description
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Budget:
$60M
US Gross:
$136.8M
Worldwide:
$286.8M
Starring
Tom Hanks
Actor
Michael Clarke Duncan
Actor
David Morse
Actor
Awards
Saturn Awards 2000
— Best Supporting Actress
Saturn Awards 2000
— Best Action, Adventure or Thriller
Saturn Awards 2000
— Best Supporting Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2000
— Best Cast Ensemble
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2000
— Breakthrough of the Year
Academy Awards 2000
— Best Picture
Golden Globe 2000
— Best Supporting Actor
Academy Awards 2000
— Best Supporting Actor
Academy Awards 2000
— Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Awards 2000
— Best Sound
Saturn Awards 2000
— Best Director
Saturn Awards 2000
— Best Original Score
Saturn Awards 2000
— Best Supporting Actor
Key opinion
The Green Mile is widely regarded as a profound, emotionally resonant adaptation that explores themes of morality, suffering, and divine grace through the lives of death row guards and inmates. While its lengthy runtime and deliberate pacing occasionally divide viewers, most praise the performances and the film's ability to create a lasting, heart-wrenching impact.
| Acting | Michael Clarke Duncan provides a standout, soul-baring performance as the gentle giant John Coffey. | |
| Adaptation | Frank Darabont successfully captures the atmosphere and emotional core of Stephen King's source material, with some viewers finding the film as strong as the novel. | |
| Emotion | The film succeeds as a powerful emotional experience that leaves audiences deeply moved, though it is described by some as exhausting due to its heavy subject matter. | |
| Acting | Doug Hutchison delivers a masterful performance as the loathsome and petty antagonist Percy Wetmore. | |
| Pacing | The three-hour runtime is a point of contention; some find the measured pacing essential to the film's philosophical depth, while others feel it drags and results in an uneven narrative. | |
| Theme | Reception of the screenplay is split: supporters view the theological and moral questions as profound, while critics argue that the themes are underdeveloped and lack necessary nuance. |