Excellent

Rating: 10/10 (25 April 1999)

It makes me wonder how people can bash this movie and then rate such mediocre films above it. One thing we have to remember - yes, it's rated #1. Why? Because it is rare to find a person out there who hated it. Thus, it makes sense that it is ranked #1 - it has the highest AVERAGE RATING of all films voted upon here.
I loved the movie. And I didn't think that it was that hard to believe that there are men in prison who regret their crimes - much less that there were men in prison in the 60s that regretted their crimes.
Incredible that people use this space to rip on the movie because of it's number one status instead of giving it an honest review. Love it or like it, Shawshank is a good movie.