Jeff Schrembs review Shawshank Redemption

Rating: 10/10 (22 March 2011)

This movie, in spite of several violent scenes, is well acted and has a great plot line. The casting is excellent and the movie has moments of brilliance and is overall an excellent movie. The ending is satisfying and even though the characters are prisoners they have an air of honesty and a desire to simply (a) accept responsibility for their crime and (b) to be able to live a life of peace and pursue happiness. Far too many times, in movies and on TV, men in prison are shown to be soulless/corrupt/violent/without redeeming qualities and yet our prisons are FULL of people who are INNOCENT of the crimes they are in prison for and the cops/prosecutors are NOT always right and they are, in many cases, as corrupt as the worst offenders. This movie is a classic and has withstood the test of time. Take care and may God bless you.