Review of The Green Mile

I've seen this film twice, and from the moment I began watching it the first time, I knew we were gonna be getting into an interesting story. And an interesting story it definitely is. This film is full of spectacular moments and amazing acting from both Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan, who I also know from Armageddon (one of my favorite movies ever.) Duncan in this case is portrayed as a soft-hearted man who was convicted of a brutal murder and unfortunate rape of two little girls, and is sentenced to Death Row, or in this movie's case, The Green Mile. The antagonists in this movie do an excellent job at showing their role as antagonists, with Barry Pepper and Sam Rockwell as Percy and Wild Bill, respectively. Although this may be a disturbing movie, this movie has lots of humor and moments in it that will make you at least make the sides of your mouth raise up :). In particular, the scenes with Eduard Delacroix and his pet mouse, Mr. Jingles, help show that the two have chemistry with one another, and it helps bring out some funny and happy moments, although temporarily halted by Percy squishing the mouse. And while Del's execution may be brutal and hard to watch, it provides an insight on what a botched execution looks like. And it further proves my point that Percy stayed true to his role as an antagonist from the Stephen King book this movie was adapted from. The tension, the acting, the humor, and the pacing in this movie are all in the right spots, exactly where they need to be. And the ending has me tearing up every time, if you want to watch it yourself then go right ahead, I'm not going to spoil it for you. But I can guarantee you, the ending is one of those defining moments where it will make even the grown men shed tears at the sight and sound of it.

Overall, an outstanding movie that I would watch again and again, definitely worth a recommendation to anyone out there who is interested in these kinds of movies!