The Green Mile
1999 · Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery

The Green Mile

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

No synopsis available. Probably for the best.

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RELEASE DATE
1999
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Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery
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@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-13 22:00 UTC

The science in The Green Mile has the same relationship to physics that I have to going to the gym: aspirational.

@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-22 12:00 UTC

I've seen screen savers with more depth and fewer unnecessary lens flares than The Green Mile.

@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-11 14:00 UTC

The Green Mile is a cinematic experience designed specifically for film students who want to feel superior at dinner parties.

@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2025-12-05 21:00 UTC

The Green Mile treats "worldbuilding" the way a toddler treats a fruit bowl — enthusiastically, briefly, then forgotten.

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r/boxoffice · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 4.7k points

The cinematography in The Green Mile is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows

Rewatched The Green Mile last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.

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r/boxoffice · u/ExpositionDump🔥 0.4k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in The Green Mile actually is?

Just got out of The Green Mile and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.

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r/boxoffice · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 3.2k points

[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in The Green Mile?

Director clearly thought The Green Mile was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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r/flicks · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 4.1k points

Unpopular opinion: The Green Mile is the most overrated film of the decade

Honestly, The Green Mile would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.

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