In theaters, the three-hour running time may have seemed cruel and unusual for a film that lacks the epic sweep of, say, ''Titanic'': It's the simple yet potent story of a 1935 Louisiana death-row guard (Tom Hanks) who befriends a condemned inmate (Michael Clarke Duncan) blessed with miraculous powers. But at home, you can pause the action without losing the narrative flow; after all, the book was originally published in six monthly installments.
Hanks' low-key turn is on par with his career-best work in ''Saving Private Ryan,'' and Duncan imbues a potentially stereotypical character -- the saintly, servile African American -- with a tangible human soul. Beautifully shot and elegantly spun, ''Mile ''proves a long walk to a worthwhile destination.
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