The antidote to all action stunt fests

Rating: Null/10 (17 October 2003)

I won't say it's the best film ever, but The Shawshank Redemption is certainly the best film *I've* ever seen. There are no big stunts, no state-of-the-art special effects, no naked women.... In fact there are none of the things that are normally "required" to make a film commercial. (Perhaps this accounts for its modest showing at the box office.) What it *has* got is humanity, subtlety and a great story with a brilliant payoff! One of the first DVDs I ever bought and by far the most played.