One of the best movies ever!

Rating: Null/10 (4 December 2006)

All the things that could have been said about this movie, have been said. I honestly can't understand why this movie didn't won the Best Picture of '94. Knowing that Forrest Gump is a good movie and Pulp Fiction a great movie. But both can't match the story told in The Shawshank Redemption.
Showing similarities to The Green Mile with Tom Hanks, this movie tells a story about hope, dreams and friendships. Furthermore it shows how ex-cons struggle with the new world, once they get out of prison. I'm grateful that Tom Hanks didn't take the role of Andy Dufrense, as he was the first choice for the role. Not that he wouldn't have done a good job, but Tim Robbins belongs to this role. Just as Tom Hanks belongs to the role of Paul Edgecomb in The Green Mile.
Every single plot in the movie gets equal attention and could be a movie on its own. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman never played better in any of their movies. The rest of the actors are also very good. The story in this film is simple, but the way it's told makes it perfect. Not many movies can tell such a simple story with such class. Therefore this is one of the best films, but also one of the best stories ever told on film.