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- This is a compassionate and well-intended movie with outstanding direction. The plot veers into melodrama at times, with at least one coincidence that's overly convenient, but the humanity of the guards keeps the movie on track most of the time. Hanks plays his most recognizable character type: someone fair, kind, and capable.
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Dec 10, 1999 · The movie would have been much diminished at two hours--it would have been a series of episodes without context. As Darabont directs it, it tells a story with beginning, middle, end, vivid characters, humor, outrage and emotional release.
79% 136 Reviews Tomatometer 94% 250,000+ Ratings Audience Score Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) walked the mile with a variety of cons. He had never encountered someone like John Coffey (Michael...
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- Frank Darabont
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- Tom Hanks
Dec 10, 2019 · December 10, 2019 6:32am. Photofest. On Dec. 10, 1999, Warner Bros. unveiled Stephen King adaptation The Green Mile in theaters, where it would go on to gross $286 million globally. The film...
Last updated : January 3, 2024. Inclusion information powered by. Compassionate movie, but has stereotypes, violence, cursing. Read Common Sense Media's The Green Mile review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan, Tom Hanks
- Frank Darabont
- Warner Bros.
The film premiered on December 10, 1999, in the United States to positive reviews from critics, who praised Darabont's direction and writing, emotional weight, and performances (particularly for Hanks and Duncan), although its length received criticism.
- $286.8 million
- December 10, 1999 (United States)
- $60 million
- Thomas Newman
Tom Hanks is just unspeakably brilliant in the leading role. He is right behind Kevin Spacey from "American Beauty" in the best performance of 1999. The message to "The Green Mile" is clear and understandable: justice isn't always just and the miracles can happen in the most unexpected of places.
Dec 10, 1999 · With Tom Hanks, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Clarke Duncan. A tale set on death row, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the lead guard, Paul Edgecombe, recognizes John's gift, he tries to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
