Excellent

Rating: 10/10 (9 December 2014)

"The Shawshank Redemption" is one of the movies that I saw on the big screen in my teens; someone else bought me the ticket because of the age restriction. To me, this film, is still the most entertaining, thought- provoking dramas with a spiritual escape.
The cast was superb. Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins). A banker convicted of killing his wife and her lover, Dufresne is shy and withdrawn when he first arrives in the prison. It's not really clear at first whether he actually did commit the murders: Dufresne protests his innocence in court, but all the evidence points to him. In this movie you will learn about patience and hope. You will learn that if people are dishonest, that it will catch up with you someday.
Living in South Africa we had our own icon, Nelson Mandela. He was also imprisoned for 27 years, and after his release, people thought that our country would be thrown into a civil war. But Tata Mandela never held any grudges against his captors and he became the first democratic President of South Africa.
This film is moving, warm and rewarding.