Still resonates after nine years.

Rating: 10/10 (5 December 2003)

Okay, couldn't Morgan Freeman have at least TIED with Tom Hanks for that Best Actor Oscar? This film works on so many levels. Freedom, innocence, aging, prejudice, masculinity. My only "but" is this: Having seen the television show 'OZ,' it seems that in prison the lines of good and bad, friend or foe, are very blurred. In this movie, they seem a little too cut-and-dry. Other than that, I can't think of a single other critique, nor can I come up with any other words to do it justice. If I had to pick from either this film or "The Godfather" only, it'd be this, hands down!