Classic!

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2000)

I'm kind of lost for words for this movie. I saw it last night on my DVD-player and what I saw was brilliance. The story is about a banker Andy (Tim Robbins) who get prisoned for murdering his wife and her secret lover. In prison he says he's innocent, which makes the other inmates break out in laughter. No one is innocent in prison they say. `They've all been f***ed by lawyers.' What follows is a fight for justice. A inmate (George Freeman) who calls himself Red (the other inmates call him that because he's `irish') finds something special in Andy. They connect soon and becomes good friends. What strikes me about the main characters is that hope and belief is something that they always have. Even though they go through some very tough times in prison, they always have that good confidence in themselves. Go see this movie, if you love the concept of feeling free. There's no let downs or grief ending this movie. You have to see it for yourself.