I was reading Stephen King when other kids were reading Judy Blume & Laurence Yep, etc..

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2015)

Usually the movies/films are NEVER as good as the BOOKS! Whether novel, novella and or short story.. Yet "THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION" shatters that ideology. From the writing of the script, production, the casting, directing, cinematography to every "drop" of acting, leached, extracted most exquisitely much like the vinification of cultured grapes to a fine wine. The actors fully embody their characters until the characters are not there but the people the viewer watches as their individual lives are played out before us.
This is a movie that draws you in by your very heart and soul and "places" you there.. You "breath" this film. "You" feel this film. And once a person with a sense of life and empathy has seen "The Shawshank Redemption" it resonates with you just like the first time one sees the ocean or the mountains.
For the average every day person who doubts life can change so drastically in the brief moment it takes one to exhale.. To the true film connoisseur this film.. Much like the oceans and the mountains.. Should never be left.. ~unperceived..
dawn bigelow aka dawnssong4u