Inspiration perfected

Rating: 10/10 (26 June 2007)

To be honest, I enjoy reading a good novel more than watching a film. You usually get far more character development than in a movie (e.g. Puzo's The Godfather).
But not with Shawshank. This is the closest thing film has to a perfect story. The characters, pacing, plot, monologues and every other element contribute to an inspirational yarn with a fulfilling ending.
Brook's suicide is the only film scene that has ever moved me to tears, and if you watch just one film in your life - let it be this. Not a film which others have tried to mimic for a good box office, e.g. LOTR: The Return of the King, The Godfather, but an original, stand-alone film that, in my opinion, will never be surpassed in quality