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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 78%, Metacritic 61/100. Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 95% of the 387 1990s fantasy movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 9m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Metacritic61/100
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
19,828 audience votes
Key crew
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Frank DarabontDirector
- Frank DarabontWriter
Cast
- Tom HanksPaul Edgecomb
- David MorseBrutus 'Brutal' Howell
- Bonnie HuntJan Edgecomb
- Michael Clarke DuncanJohn Coffey
- James CromwellWarden Hal Moores
- Michael JeterEduard Delacroix
- Graham GreeneArlen Bitterbuck
- Doug HutchisonPercy Wetmore
- Sam Rockwell'Wild Bill' Wharton
- Barry PepperDean Stanton
- Jeffrey DeMunnHarry Terwilliger
- Patricia ClarksonMelinda Moores
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Themes
mentally disableddeath penaltybased on novel or booksouthern usapsychopathdeath rowjail guardsupernaturalgreat depressionprison guardjailelectric chair
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