A masterpiece that leaves you feeling changed.

Rating: Null/10 (28 October 2001)

I first heard about The Shawshank Redemption in a conversation with a new friend. She said that it was one of her all time favourite films. The way she mentioned it....I don't know. I just had to borrow it!
I'm glad I borrowed that video. The way to do it is to get nice and comfy in a private place with some ice cream or something. Eliminate all distractions and you will be guaranteed to be drawn into the movie. Or to be simple enough.....watch it on your own. Other people can ruin it!
You are introduced to Andy Deufresne, a banker who is sent to prison for life after being wrongly accused of murdering his wife and her lover. Before you know it, you witness the brutal things that happen in a 1940s prison. Beatings, murders, rape etc. But among all this brutality, he strikes up an extroardinary friendship with a fellow inmate called Red, a man who knows how to get things from the outside.
With his banking skills and his natural spirit, Andy gradually makes changes in that dark and miserable prison that touches all of his inmates in strange ways. To teach them all that nomatter how bad things get in life, there is always something inside you that others can't get to. Something that's personal and yours only. Hope.
Without question, I give this movie 11 out of 10 for great acting, clever and touching quotes, and for just being a beautiful story. Something that beats Titanic and Forrest Gump. One of the best dramas I have seen If Andy was to comment on this film, he would say, "Get busy watching, or get busy dying."