All time classic

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2002)

A film is only as good as the after effect that it leaves on you. Shawshank leaves you with a warm glow of fulfilness, which in my opinion is matched only by The Usual Suspects. Tim Robbins, gives a once in a life time performance, as the silver spoon banker wrongly thrown into prison.
The plot is second to none... which is one of the reasons this film is loved by so many. The simple but involving story grabs you, so as you feel almost at one with the prisoners, only to then reveal the clever twist at the end. At which you realise how you never were a part, but only a pawn in this masterpiece.