Wow.

Rating: 10/10 (4 September 1999)

Without a doubt, The Shawshank Redemption is one of the absolute best movies that I have ever seen. Seeing a movie with characters that seem so true to life that I could actually care for them was a rare and very welcome experience for me. The film was made in such a way that you didn't really know how it was going to end, but what an ending indeed. I thought it was one of the most rewarding endings to a movie in recent history. I don't know how this movie was passed up for an Academy Award for best picture, or at least a nomination, amazes me. Well deserving of its rank of #4 in the top 250 movies of all time.