Absolutely brilliant, a masterpiece of the 1990s

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2008)

The direction, the acting, the writing, absolutely everything about this film is masterful.
To start off with, the acting is excellent.
Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman both give what are arguably the performances of their career. Robbins acts with subtlety and understatement, speaking his lines and manipulating his body language with an effortless grace. Freeman's acting and narration are brilliant, in particular his monologue near the end.
The direction is some of the best, a surprising and resounding foray into big budget films by Frank Darabont.
And of course, the writing is the true shining feature. The creativity of the story, and the twists that give us the ultimate satisfaction are rarities among modern American films.
This movie, is unquestionably one of the best films of the 1990s, and perhaps one of the best that has ever been made