Shawshank Came to Define Cinema of the 90s.

Rating: 10/10 (22 September 2017)

Stephen King's written so many stories you'd be surprised that the most well-received adaptation of his work is not a horror story; it's a very believably personal story about hope and how it drives us through the very darkest times ones can have in prison: especially when you're convicted of a crime you did not commit in the first place. I don't know where in Stephen King's mind this story came from but it's certainly one of his best, if not his finest.
The Shawshank Redemption may baffle some for its high rating on IMDb: all this rating stuff is subjective anyway. And in my subjective view The Shawshank Redemption has become a classic for a reason; it's finely cast, very well written and directed: Frank Darabont must LOVE his Stephen King considering this one of a few works he's done based on King's stories. And Shawshank is quite easily the cream of the crop for both people's works.
If Back to the Future was essential viewing for the 80s from the 80s, the same thing applies to Shawshank for the 90s. Give it a watch if you haven't already.