Differential

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 2014)

Freeman, who is simply a great actor, a man who has never struck a false note in his career, both narrates this tale and anchors it with his authoritative playing. Anyone who read the Stephen King novel knows red turns from a white guy to a black one. and the guard casually ripping the poster at the end is different but other than those small changes, everything else is on point. This is the best prison movie ever made in my opinion. Certain ironies play out very well in this film. For instance the head sister who get cripple when Andy has had enough of his ilk. A 'life-affirming' tale about life imprisonment, The Shawshank Redemption is the kind of old-fashioned entertainment that is easily overvalued in an era of diminishing expectations.