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The Green Mile (1999)

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The Green Mile (1999)

Overview

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.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
Christianity: Positive

Viewer Rating
7.8

Overview

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.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The film's central narrative, a powerful moral condemnation of capital punishment and racial injustice through the wrongful execution of an innocent Black man, aligns its dominant themes with progressive values, leading to a left-leaning rating.

The movie features a central Black character whose story highlights themes of injustice and prejudice within the 1930s American legal system. The narrative critically examines the societal structures and individual actions that lead to a profound miscarriage of justice.

Secondary

The film employs strong Christian allegories, portraying John Coffey as a Christ-like figure who embodies divine compassion, healing, and sacrificial innocence. The narrative aligns with themes of faith, redemption, and the struggle against injustice, ultimately affirming spiritual virtues. The guards' moral dilemmas and Coffey's miraculous powers are framed within a deeply spiritual context.

The Green Mile does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on justice, injustice, and supernatural events within a prison setting, without engaging with queer identity or experiences.

The Green Mile is a drama set in a 1930s prison, exploring themes of life, death, and the supernatural through its characters. The film does not feature any transsexual characters or themes, therefore, there is no identifiable portrayal to evaluate within its narrative.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film is a direct adaptation of Stephen King's novel. All major and named characters, including Paul Edgecomb and John Coffey, retain the same gender as established in the source material. No instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as another are present.

All major characters in "The Green Mile" (1999) are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their descriptions in Stephen King's original novel. No characters established as one race in the source material were depicted as a different race in the film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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8.6
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8.5

Critic Ratings

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7.8
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6.1

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