The Conceptual Review.

Rating: 8/10 (12 December 2011)

The story opens with a non intelligent man who is committed to make a crime, in the mid of 19th century. The story is furnished with the solid voice of Mr.Morgan Freeman who narrates the story throughout the movie. Though the story has a very slow pace which makes it a bit boring, it has a fine twist in the end which clears all the memory of that boring bit , to turn in an interesting end. The concept of the movies which works out to be a backbone of the story is that the prominence of intelligence along with the persistent effort which brings success to any man. The Director Mr. Frank brings out three interesting characters Boyd,Andy and Brooks who contrasts each other in their approach to life. Brooks in spite of the spending nearly half of his life in prison fails to make an identity of his own,while Andy tries to make his identity by giving some risks, while the Boyd plays safe to join the winner. The resources were available to all the prisoners at equal band, but the approach of each individual made a difference. The library project, and chess pawns carving symbolizes the way the Andy was creative. Brooks had already lost his "hope" in life(Symbolized by crow liberated by the way he is liberated from the prison). Andy always believing in himself and Boyd neither there nor here with both the intentions. The effort of twenty years of Andy gets him the victory the way he expected causing enough damage to the one who dominated him (Norton) for twenty years. The director clearly conveys the message "Hope is a good thing and Good thing never dies". His judgment cometh and that right soon.