Overrated but still a fine film

Rating: 8/10 (13 August 2007)

Top 250 material - YES #1 movie of all time - not a chance in Hell.
I saw this movie when I was like 14 or 15 and thought it was the greatest film ever made. Great acting, great story, great subplots, best Stephen King adaptation ever, Morgan Freeman.
The things that bother me most now are the one-dimensional characters of the warden and guards. If we could see what turned them from human beings into what they are now, that would have been helpful to the emotional atmosphere of the film. The warden was definitely one of the central characters and I didn't quite get a sense of who he was.
Still a fantastic film, but I can think of 100 better ones.