Simply the most wonderful, moving film ever made

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2006)

A simple, but fantastic story.
This adaptation of Stephen King's novel is one of the few exceptions to the rule that the book is always better than the film. The book, whilst brilliant, does not really reveal the warmth between the two leads, played by Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.
It is simply a wonderful story, with fantastic, understated performances by the two leads in particular, but also by the whole supporting cast.
The Shawshank Redemption is beautifully filmed and directed, this is the perfect movie all round. It is criminal that it did not win the best film Oscar.