One of the greatest book to movie adaptation to ever exist

Rating: 10/10 (16 March 2018)

"The Shawshank Redemption" Directed by and written by the fantastic Frank Darabont and this is his first of two adaptation of Stephen King novels he has done.
Shawshank follows Tim Robbins, Andy Dufresne as he is wrongly accused of murdering his wife and her lover and is sentenced to serve a double life in prison where he meets Red, played by Morgan Freeman and the movie follows Andy as he makes a big change on Shawshank prison through the years he is staying there and the impact of the various characters make on him and his different viewpoint and symbolic changes he has on his life.
In my perspective Shawshank is perfect. It's beautiful narration done by Freeman brings warmth and some great lines of comedy to the screen with the unbelievable performances done by this A list cast and crew. There is not a single scene in this film that I would want to remove, alter, or change to make it better than it is now. And that's from the unbelievable directing power of Darabont. With the attention to detail and this movie being an improvement of King's short he wrote for it. It proves that on a rare case that a movie can be better than the book or in this case the story.
There honestly isn't much to say about the writing of this film minus it's flawless. Every line, every word, every sound that is made by the cast is perfect and plays into the finishing act of the film with the huge reveal given.
The acting is suburb with even the minor characters being some of the most memorable ones as well. One of the best supporting characters is the library caretaker, Brooks Hatlen who is an older man who doesn't want no harm and wants to just tend to his library and bring education and fun to this dark and depressing prison. And then of course Bob Gunton as Warden and William Sadler as Heywood are some of the greatest antagonists to ever exist in a King adaptation.
The Shawshank Redemption is a perfect film and one that is still talked about decades later and will never be forgotten as well.
The Shawshank Redemption gets a 10/10