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Name: The Green Mile
Director: Frank Darabont
Genre: crime, drama, fantasy
Released: 1999
Duration: 3 h 9 min
Rating: 8.6

The Green Mile has an iRankMovies score of 78.7/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Green Mile (1999)

Paul Edgecomb didn't believe in miracles. Until the day he met one.

Release:1999

Runtime:3h 9m

Country:United States

Director:Frank Darabont

Language:English

Genre

CrimeDramaFantasy

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Keywords

Mentally DisabledDeath PenaltyBased On Novel Or BookSouthern UsaPsychopathDeath RowJail Guardsupernatural

iRank79

The Green Mile rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.6/10· 1.6M votes

Rotten Tomatoes78%

Metacritic61%

TMDb8.506/10· 19K votes

With 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.6/10 on IMDb and 61/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Green Mile

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.

Cast of The Green Mile

Tom Hanks
as Paul Edgecomb
David Morse
as Brutus 'Brutal' Howell
Bonnie Hunt
as Jan Edgecomb
Michael Clarke Duncan
as John Coffey
James Cromwell
as Warden Hal Moores
Michael Jeter
as Eduard Delacroix
Graham Greene
as Arlen Bitterbuck
Doug Hutchison
as Percy Wetmore
Sam Rockwell
as 'Wild Bill' Wharton
Barry Pepper
as Dean Stanton
Jeffrey DeMunn
as Harry Terwilliger
Patricia Clarkson
as Melinda Moores

The Green Mile facts

Budget: $60M
Box office: $286.8M

Our take on The Green Mile

Frank Darabont adapts a supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where a gentle giant, John Coffey, turns out to possess a mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes the extent of Coffey's gift, he tries desperately to stave off the condemned man's execution. It's a crime-fantasy drama that moves slowly and deliberately, mixing hard prison realism with grace and the ache of injustice, and it doesn't shy from sorrow. Expect an emotionally heavy, unhurried film about compassion and cruelty. It suits viewers open to a long, tender story that earns its tears rather than rushing them.

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