The Green Mile (1999)
Critic Reviews
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88
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
As Darabont directs it, it tells a story with beginning, middle, end, vivid characters, humor, outrage and emotional release. Dickensian.
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88
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New York Post Jonathan Foreman
A reminder of just how good Hollywood storytelling can be.
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75
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Excessive, but I, like Mr. Jingles, can't resist the Christmas-season cheese.
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75
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USA Today Mike Clark
Well acted by an ensemble that leans toward equality for all, Mile carries its long running time extremely well.
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75
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New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Has a simple but exceptionally powerful and uplifting emotional lure.
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75
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Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
On many levels, it hits its marks -- but it still misses the impact of some shorter, less-ambitious movies that play with our emotions more deftly or deeply, walk their miles, deadly or not, with a lighter, faster, more confident tread.
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75
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Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
A very engrossing movie, the kind that gives shameless manipulation a good name.
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65
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Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
This jailhouse jam is quite a haul.
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63
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Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Surely a life sentence goes by quicker.
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60
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
But just watch Hanks, with the effortless grace of a Jimmy Stewart, turn the loony into something sweetly logical. Now that is magic.
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50
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San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
Three hours of overstatement and schmaltz.
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40
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Moves with the suffocating deliberateness of a river of molasses.
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