What a movie

Rating: 8/10 (10 February 2012)

Having not read the book initially, this movie blew me away. With such intricacy to detail and screenplay which kept the viewer gripped The Shawshank Redemption was one movie which ranks as most appealing to me.
The whole time I, as a viewer, did not expect that the ending was going to be like that, to that extent. The acting was indeed superb and the way of expressing the changes in character and settings was impeccable.
To reiterate to an audience what was occurring inside of the jail, and to depict changes in emotions and feeling with such clarity definitely justifies that the director of this movie was more than the average one in Hollywood.
1994, 18 years ago, was when this movie was made but to the level to which it takes one is truly outstanding. One is absorbed by it, and there is no confusion about what is happening but rather thoughts in the viewers' minds about "What is gonna happen next?" These thoughts are present when watching a horror/ thriller movie for the most part, but for aficionados of different genres to all like this movie proves that this was one heck of a movie.
Cannot miss this movie; it is one that makes one think, learn, and be entertained simultaneously.