94' overwhelming film

Rating: 10/10 (11 May 2016)

this is the best film that has ever been made.
No apologies to The Godfather: Great film, but this.... THIS is the culmination of perfect casting, narration, slowly-developing scenes, film score... There's not a single moment in the film that I can point to and claim that it ought to be different.﻿ There are times when "The Shawshank Redemption" comes dangerously close to sounding one of those "triumph of the human spirit" notes. But most of it is eloquently restrained. Despite an excess of voice-over narration and inspirational music, Mr. Darabont's film has a genuine dignity that holds the interest. It is helped greatly by fine, circumspect performances from Morgan Freeman as a rueful lifer named Red and Tim Robbins as Andy, the new kid on the cellblock. The film spans nearly 20 years of friendship between these two. A MASTERPIECE.