One of the best prison dramas available!

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2000)

Shawshank Redemption (The)
DIRECTION 90% Nicely designed and well thought out movement.
ACTING 95% Some of the best you will ever see.
EDITING/SPECIAL EFFECTS 82% Perhaps one of the weakest elements in this exceptional film.
PLOT 97% Life in prison must be hard. and it's hard to escape!

STRONG WORDS AND VIOLENCE ETC. 90% Plenty of both types.
MUSIC 91% Strangely conducive to the movie.
SOUND 86% Bring you into the prison and locks you in.
HOOKABILITY 91% Watching the opening sequences opens the plot to outsiders convincingly.
LASTABILITY 95% You will want to know about the after effects and lives of these characters.
OVERALL 92% One of the best prison dramas available!