Essential to view it

Rating: 8/10 (13 August 2014)

One of the best performances of Morgan Freeman and probably the best one for Tim Robbins. I never get tired of watching it again and again. This story, keeps you aware the entire duration of the movie, and the soundtrack, one of my favorites composed by Thomas Newman gives the tale even more grandeur. It's an impeccable direction from Frank Darabont, as he did on The Green Mile. Also it might make you reconsider some aspects of your life and to value more your time. The photography, costume, art direction, all of them are astonishing which deserved many more prizes and recognitions than it received. It's definitely one the best films made on the 90's and it's a piece of art int the film history. Nowadays I wish and I hope in Hollywood were made such great films as The Shawshank Redemption, but it seems lack of new ideas and making remakes every year. In my humble opinion, what Hollywood needs it's an entire REBOOT, not only with screenwriters but in direction and production.