One of the greatest film achievements.

Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2013)

I was born in the 90's so I did not grow up watching The Shawshank Redemption. 2 years ago or so I decided to watch it. I was blown away. It moved me in a way that few other movies have. It is a masterpiece. Imagine if your life was taken away from you and all you had was your thoughts about what you did, what you have done, or what you were going to do. Wouldn't it drive you nuts, wouldn't it make you want to give up hope in life. That is the key word in this film, "hope". When Andy suffers during that whole time he is at Shawshank prison, you feel for him yet you keep thinking that it will end bad for him and his friend Red. As their relationship grows, Andy's plan to escape grows and soon he fines hope that he will escape that God awful place, and then he does and you cant help but to ball your eyes out after realizing what this man had to do to reach his goal. And then the last scene with Andy and Red symbolizes that this film is for the weak who strive to be strong. The writing, acting, directing, cinematography all make this one of the greatest films of all time.