Amazing movie

Rating: 10/10 (7 November 2013)

An amazing movie. Easily one of the best movies made during the 90s and definitely one of the top 'prison' movies of all-time. Pretty much everything about this movie works and works extremely well! It's a simple story elegantly, cleverly told, not to mention expertly acted. Freeman, who is simply a great actor, a man who has never struck a false note in his career, both narrates this tale and anchors it with his authoritative playing. The Shawshank Redemption works not only as an excellent prison drama, but as a metaphor for overcoming our own private prisons. Powerful, poignant, thought-provoking and finally irresistibly uplifting.