The Greatest Movie of all Time !!

Rating: 10/10 (27 July 2003)

The Shawshank Redemption IMHO is truly the greatest movies of all time. It is my personal favourite and I can not comprehend how anyone would not like this film. After seeing it, for nearly a dozen or so times, I can still see it with the same fervor and excitement. Not one moment of this movies is dull or uninteresting. The cast is brilliant, especially Tim Robbins as the wrongly accused Andy Dufresne and Morgan Freeman as Red. Also, the greedy and treacherous warden is wonderfully portrayed by Bob Gunton. The film sends a message about hope and the human spirit. The movie has several subplots, which each have their own pace. Andy making friends with his inmates first and then the prison guards, his building of the library, him tutoring Tommy, working for conniving Warden Norton, escaping from prison and then Red getting out and going to find him, all of which never create a boring moment. The best part of the movie is after when Andy escapes, and the story of Red untill he meets Andy. I also liked the part when Brooks gets out and cant seem to cope with the changed pace of life after being "institutionalised" for nearly 40 years. It is hope which keeps this movie alive. The hope that someday Andy will get out, the hope that Red will see his friend once again really sends a message of inspiration, to never lose hope. As Red truly says, "Get busy livin', or get busy dying "! The score by Thomas Neuman is also brilliant. For those people who have not yet seen this movie, you should definitley watch it whenever you get a chance. A true masterpiece. I cannot see how this movie did not get Best Picture. Forrest Gump can not even be compared to this film.