The Shawshank Redemption

Rating: 6/10 (10 August 2010)

Written and directed by Frank Darabont in 1994, The Shawshank Redemption is a film about a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) who is wrongly accused of and sent to prison for the murder of his cheating wife and her lover. During his stay in prison he becomes a financial adviser to the guards and the warden. The warden is involved in taking bribes and enlists Andy to hide this illegal money. Andy befriends Red (Morgan Freeman) the guy in the joint that can get things on the inside and they become close friends throughout the movie. This is a well written story and seemed to be a good escape from everyday life, but does not qualify as one of my all time favorite movies. I thought that filming most of the movie in a prison was kind of boring and the lack of action or any type of visual effects made it a little dull. This is not a movie I would watch again and again. The pace is just so slow.