A film of profound significance.

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2020)

I think the director did a good job and the writer wrote a good script. Through the description of Andy's prison life, this film reflects the society's discrimination against prisoners at that time. As long as once in prison, the prisoners are bad in their eyes, they can't turn over a new leaf. And the irony is that a lot of the people in Andy's prison were not guilty, they were just locked up as prisoners because of the immaturity of the legal system at the time and for a variety of reasons. They were tortured in prison and treated unequally. Sadly, many prisoners in prison become numb, lose their humanity and become sad because they stay in the same place for a long time. And Andy's presence changes everything in this prison. It also tells us that, like Andy, we should learn to change our perspective and learn to survive adversity. Besides, the film implies that our legal system should be improved. If a system or a system is not mature and perfect, there will be a lot of people to take advantage of the loopholes, and eventually may cause the chaos of the whole society.