Everything is top notch in this film

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2014)

This movie got full marks from me. I found the story to be a great balance between the development of friendship and trust between Freeman and Robbins while showing the brutality and violence of prison life.
Acting was superb from all main characters. When I can watch familiar actors in a movie and believe who they are, I mean fully buy into who they are portraying and lose myself in the story, that gets good marks from me.
The story is a simple one but how it is told in this film makes it a best. Watching how these two men managed to come together as friends while existing in a place where you trust nobody was beautifully told with patience and finesse.
I watched this many years ago when it first came out and I just re-watched once again...it has stood the test of time with a top rating from me. Strikes a chord!