Doug Hutchison is terrific as Percy, the nephew of the governor's wife who's assigned to work for Edgecombe and whose combined arrogance and insecurity lead to disaster. Bonnie Hunt's performance as Edgecombe's loving wife is a pleasure to watch. ![]() Hanks plays his most recognizable character type: someone fair, kind, and capable. The plot veers into melodrama at times, with at least one coincidence that's overly convenient, but the humanity of the guards keeps the movie on track most of the time. This is a compassionate and well-intended movie with outstanding direction. Themes of racism, criminal justice, capital punishment, miracles, and faith even in the direst environments and the treatment of adults living in nursing homes are conveyed throughout this movie and may provoke discussion and debate between parents and mature teens. Frequent profanity includes variations on "f-k." In a tense standoff with one of the incarcerated men, a guard wets his pants. Audiences hear use of the "N" word, other slurs like "f-got" and "retarded," and the obsolete "colored" designation. A man is shown sitting in a field with two dead little girls in both arms. In the film's most graphic scene, a man is brutally killed by a botched electric chair execution: He screams in excruciating pain as his skin visibly and audibly sizzles comment is later made about how the smell of the execution will linger in the prison for a long time. Disability is also poorly rendered, as people with mental disabilities are shown as either extremely violent or extremely meek, evil or angelic, with nothing in between. ![]() The film hasn't aged well, most notably in the way it leans on the "magical Black person" stereotype that dehumanizes Black characters by turning them into supernatural helpers of White main characters. Some great scenes, but the lasting impression is like heartburn after a fairly satisfying meal.Parents need to know that The Green Mile is a 1999 movie based on a Stephen King novel in which a newly incarcerated man on Death Row has a miraculous gift. Graphic depictions of urination, erotica and violence (brutal electrocutions the most unsettling) could have left more to the audience’s imagination.ĭespite moments of uplift, The Green Mile suffers from harsh elements and a frustratingly bittersweet climax. Obscenities, as well as ribald sexual and anatomical references, tarnish the dialogue. The same people who acknowledge divine power are quick to use God’s name profanely. What’s disappointing about The Green Mile is its abrasive flip side. It also credits God with endowing miracle workers. evil dominate, contrasting warm, selfless characters with others who personify humanity’s ugliness. John soon displays a miraculous gift of healing, creating internal conflict for the men who must oversee his execution.īased on a story by horror scribe Stephen King, this 3-hour film has a lot going for it. The more his captors get to know this gentle giant, the more they’re convinced of his innocence. Set in Depression-era Louisiana, The Green Mile tells several human stories, all of them touched by E block’s new tenant, John Coffey, a hulking black man accused of killing twin girls. ![]() Death-row prison guard Paul Edgecomb (Hanks) and his kind-hearted colleagues on E block’s Green Mile (the path from the cells to the electric chair) have their routine disrupted by new inmates, a friendly mouse, a maliciously unprofessional coworker and a series of supernatural events.
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