Catharsis

"Green Mile" is an extremely emotional and disturbing picture, unable to leave anyone indifferent. What is its main message, every spectator decides for himself. Someone will simply sympathize with a black man who is condemned to death, but a man of a broad soul. Someone to tears touches the Frenchman Edward Delacroix with a tame mouse. Someone will think about the sacrilege of killing in the name of Justice. Someone will describe everything described above in equal measure. In any case, the film gives food for the mind. Encourages to reconsider their views and priorities. Think about "what is good and what is bad." And to solve this age-old question, if not in a global sense, then, for yourself.

One can agree that the line between good and evil is held in the film too clearly, unambiguously, without halftones. As in the Victorian novel, where the Hero is a noble man, and his Antagonist, by all means, is a rare villain.

Yes, it is unlikely that the warders in the suicide bomber treat the condemned as a child, requiring attention and participation. But, dammit, there's enough cruelty in the film. And yes, I want to believe that a man whose fate has long been resolved will spend the last few days a little better than he possibly deserves. Let this humanism of jailers and looks in places too naive. This does not detract from the dignity of the picture. So Tom Hanks and the rest of the company are just brave.

Visitor Percy, performed by Doug Hutchison, is the most vile of anti-heroes I've ever seen in a movie. Hutchison with incredible skill played a bastard, savoring someone else's death. And if the other jailers are extremely kind and understanding, then Percy, like a sponge, absorbed the most vile vices. Or, if we draw a parallel with the film itself - aki John Coffey took all the dirt from the other characters. Taking the fate of the notorious scoundrel on himself. Being disgusting for himself and for that guy. Surprised that Percy Wetmore is not included in the list of the 50 greatest cinematic villains according to the version of the American Institute of Cinematography. For this "spiteful, cowardly, stupid man" will give 100 points ahead to the intelligent Hannibal Lecter, and went to Norman Bates from Hitchcock's "Psycho". And Nurse Rathed from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is just an angel compared to the hero of Hutchison.

Equally infamous are the spectators who come to stare at the next execution. Yes, among them there are relatives of the dead who want a just retribution. But there are simple townsfolk. Gawk, for which execution - nothing more than a "razvlekuha", a spectacle, almost a cultural leisure ... Doubtful satisfaction.

A film with a mystical plot hardly claims hyperrealism. It is, rather, another parable from King and Darabont. A peculiar rethinking of the Bible. After all, as has been repeatedly mentioned, the initials of John Coffey coincide with the initials of Jesus Christ (J.C.). But, the very image of a big guy with a pure soul, healing people, is good and without biblical allusions. Yet, John does not say about forgiveness. His uncomplicated philosophy does not weigh on the views of Gandhi or Leo Tolstoy. He not only protects the innocent, but also punishes the guilty. But, nevertheless, Michael Clarke Duncan in the image of John causes the most sincere emotions. This is a feeling of compassion. It is a pain. These are tears. This is an alarm before the creeps.

By the end of the film, you experience a real spiritual cleansing. Despite all the severity and emotional turmoil that he brings, the film is worth it to see it. It is worth thinking about, and perhaps becoming a little more tolerant of others ...

9 out of 10

Minus points only for the fact that I can hardly ever decide to revise the "Green Mile".