Not all that it's cracked up to be.

Rating: 8/10 (5 June 2012)

This film is no. 1 on the top 250. I would have to disagree with that. The reason why I don't think it deserves to be 1 or even 25 for that manner is...Tim Robbins acting and this might be coming from a biased point of view because I have never liked Tim Robbins in any one of his films. I have never liked him because of his slow delivery that makes him sound a little bit like Robert De Niro in Awakenings. Also another reason I don't think it deserves to be no. 1 is because of it's plot. This plot is completely unoriginal. I mean wow an African-American man and a white man become friends in pre civil-rights movement America. One of the few things I did enjoy was the whole middle part (i'll try not to give too much away.) The middle part consists of Morgan Freeman getting out of jail and searching for Andy Dufrane (Tim Robbins). Also one of the few things that is fantastic about this film is the supporting acting and the Directing of this film. Overall I would put "Shawshank" at about 35 on this list.