In a Nutshell. Mini reviews of movies old and new. No fuss. No spoilers. And often no sleep.

Sunday 17 March 2013

THE GREEN MILE [1999]

Frank Darabont succeeds in bringing Stephen King's serial novel The Green Mile to the screen, moving the heart in a similar fashion as he did with The Shawshank Redemption
It's filled with wonderful performances by actors who fully understand the colorful and fascinating characters they're portraying.  The beautiful camerawork, music and art direction help make the 3 hour plus film never feel as long as it really is.  It's a dark, grim, yet strangely uplifting, reminder that there's magic in this world and how we'll find it in the most obscure of places.

4½ mice on the Mile out of 5

2 comments:

Dr Faustus said...

I own this. I got it from one of those ‘buy 2 of these things and we’ll give you this other unrelated thing free’ offers. It was the free thing.

cuckoo said...

I hope the 2 things were a pair of Faustus Fingers for those cold nights in.