However, some critics had a less positive response. Kirk Honeycutt of "The Hollywood Reporter" opined, "By inflating the simple story with a languorous pace, pregnant pauses, long reaction shots and an infinitely slow metabolism, Darabont has burdened his movie version with more self-importance than it can possibly sustain." Whilst complimenting the production design and soundtrack, the critic from "Timeout" magazine thought some scenes were tiresome and the film "suffers from a surfeit of plot threads and characters". Writing for the BBC, Clark Collis took issue with some of the plot's unrealistic elements and thought the film was too long. David Ansen of "Newsweek" thought "The Green Mile" was weaker than Darabont's previous film, "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994). He stated, ["The Green Mile]" is a "lumbering, self-important three-hour melodrama that defies credibility at every turn".