The Green Mile: Review By Niteowl

I have never been into books like Harry Potter, or Twilight. When it comes to reading I prefer something like Stephen King. Over the course of about two months this summer I delved into (what is considered) one of his best books, and the first King book I read that wasn't a short story anthology. It is obviously the Green Mile, and I loved every minute of it. It was honest storytelling and I recommend it to anyone on this website that has time to read.

The day I finished it was also the day I saw the film adaption the Green Mile. It is also considered one of the best story-based film adaptions ever, and I can see why. This is a film which grabs you and never let's go no matter what.

The story is told through Paul Edgecombe, and takes place over a course of time in 1932 when Paul was a guard for E-block in Cold Mountain Penitentary. Another name for E-block is death row, and is mainly about Paul and his relationship with a prisoner named John Coffey.

You see, Coffey is a gentle man with a superhuman ability, accused of a brutal crime (so brutal I am choosing to leave out details) where he murdered two little girls. But did he really do it? Paul and 3 of the other guards are starting to think otherwise. And of course there are a lot of other plot points either too complicated or too spoilerific to tell you.

The directing and visuals are really good, but the acting is what takes the cakes. Every actor brings there A-game. The best being David Morse as Brutus Howell (one of the other guards), Doug Hutchinson as Percy Whetmore (another guard, but not a good guard by any means), Sam Rockwell as Bill Wharton (one of the prisoners, and a nasty one), and the absolute best being Michael Clark Duncan as Coffey. He brings out everything you could ever want in a performance. His performance will, and I mean WILL bring you to tears.

Overall, an extremely solid and amazing movie, that is definitely worth your time (even though it is 3 hours long)

Grade: 93% A (niteowl's final verdict)