Storyline
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.
Directors
Cast
Sam Rockwell, Michael Clarke Duncan, Scotty Leavenworth, Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Graham Greene, Barry Pepper, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell, Patricia Clarkson, Michael Jeter, Doug Hutchison, Jeffrey DeMunn, Harry Dean Stanton, Dabbs Greer, Eve Brent, William Sadler, Mack Miles, Rai Tasco, Paula Malcomson, Brian Libby, Brent Briscoe, Bill McKinney, Rachel Singer, Bill Gratton, Dee Croxton, Rebecca Klingler, Gary Imhoff, Van Epperson, Phil Hawn, Ted Hollis, Robert Malone
Trailer
Reviews
100
TNT RoughCut
So moving, so memorable, so magically produced, it's going to delight millions of movie fans and sweep the Oscars.
80
Darabont follows King's book fairly closely, allowing the audience to steep itself in the setting and characters slowly, like reading a good novel.
75
Boston Globe
There's almost too much there, but the three-hour-plus film permits the kind of detailing that not only brings the storytelling to life, but sometimes persuades us we're breathing to its rhythms.
75
Portland Oregonian
An often pedestrian film, one that never inflates to the epic grandeur to which it aspires or transfers its own emotional trajectory off the screen and into the viewer.
75
Entertainment Weekly
Excessive, but I, like Mr. Jingles, can't resist the Christmas-season cheese.
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