The perfect movie

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2001)

The Shawshank Redemption is a movie is film-making at it's best. It features superb acting, directing, and story. Every single shot in this movie was a good one, the camera worked wonders that the average eye disregards as they focus on the beauty of the film.
This is the story of a falsely convicted man, and his struggle for freedom. Beyond the already great fact that it was a prison movie set in the 40's through late 60's, it was written by Stephen King, one of the greatest fictional writers of the late 20th centruy. The best part about prison movies is the fact that it's always moving, always developing, never boring. There's just something about prison movies that make you feel at home, as odd as that sounds. And plus, the movie was full of great narration and dialouge, full prison similes that were so eloquent, you know only Stephen King could have written them. Shawshank is the kind of movie you could watch over and over again and never get sick of, like American Beauty or One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
The movie just simply is perfect by every standard that we set. Do yourself a favor and see this movie.