Three hours? I didn't notice

Rating: 10/10 (13 February 2000)

Probably the best 3 hrs anyone can spend in a movie theater. There is not a moment in this film where I wasn't either on the brink of crying, laughing or laughing outright.
The story is fairly simple and could easily have been made shorter. But it doesn't feel overlong in any way, much less boring or uninteresting. On the contrary. This is an Oscar film, worth at least four or five for best performances and for best picture and best script.
I envy Stephen King for being able to think these stories up. I envy director Darabont for making them "happen", and I sure as hell envy the cast for their fantastic portraits of the prison guards and the prisoners.
Go see this film. I don't understand what you're made of if you don't like it.