Overrated Film, typical Hollywood Style

Rating: 7/10 (17 July 2008)

This film is much overrated. it is a typical Hollywood film. there is not at one time any surprise in the whole plot. everything happens as you expect it. everybody loves this guy, everybody wants to help him. he of course is shy and always nice. the sound makes the film more awful than great. too sentimental. too cheap. the film is like a fairy tale. and yes, there are enough good films about prisons. like Brubaker with Robert Redford, sleepers, or even the worse film with Sylvester Stallone, in which a prisoner gets a chance to drive a car for the first time in his life in the midst of the prison. wow, super sentimental. not a good story though. this is nothing new. and the dialogs or monologues of Morgan Freeman are nice, i admit. but, well, cant compete with texts of good books. so, not the best quality. the plot also is very simple. the guards are very bad guys, the director is corrupt. every time the same story. nothing original. so i think that 9,1 points is very too much. there are enough films with a better message and plot, and whatever. the actors also aren't so superior. it's a typical Hollywood film, like i said. with a hero, with a lot of sentimental music, and other things which the average person likes in Hollywood movies. not a classic.