Proof Hollywood can still manufacture timeless entertainment

Rating: 10/10 (10 July 2014)

Pain, death, love and hate have never been personified the beautifully on screen. Storyline, story-arc and character-arc are alive and well in the creative light of this picture. A welcomed reminder of good triumphing over not just evil, but the time good needs to find it's foundation, grow, live and learn under evils presences to survive. Quoting fellow IMDb member Tim Cox "One of the finest films made in recent years. It's a poignant story about hope. Hope gets me. That's what makes a film like this more than a movie. It tells a lesson about life. Those are the films people talk about 50 or even 100 years from you. It's also a story for freedom. Freedom from isolation, from rule, from bigotry and hate. Freeman and Robbins are majestic in their performances. Each learns from the other. Their relationship is strong and you feel that from the first moment they make contact with one another. There is also a wonderful performance from legend James Whitmore as Brooks."