Not as good as the 'Family Guy' parody...

Rating: 5/10 (29 August 2016)

I don't recall the first time, or subsequent times I have seen this movie, but doing my rankings, my memory of it gave it a 4/10 (3 stars- means I may watch it again, but I don't really want to, 4 stars- I will watch it again, with no plans to, 5 stars- ordinary, will neither discourage or actively encourage people to watch...).
I watched it again last night because of it's IMDb ranking to see if the world is right, and I am an a contrary prick... the answer- the world is wrong.
Basically this movie has been reviewed too many times by sentimental @$$holes who are too much in love with the richness and satisfaction of Morgan Freemans voice and the lulling of a placid soundtrack.
It has some great stars, Clancy Brown is unbelievable, menacing and awesome. Probably one of the only people you can have speak in a Morgan Freeman movie and think- "What a great voice!"
Robbins, I found to be a whimsical toss, his years of rape didn't make sense, if he was such a good guy, such a smart guy, why he couldn't have solved a 3 year gang rape run? Also, 'Andy' is put in the hole for almost a month and in that time, the guards didn't destroy his poster, a criminal didn't take it down or stick their d@#$ into it? His room never got tossed? The poster never got touched in the dozen years he had it up? He openly talks of his geology skill and his knowledge of cutting rock, and the guards/warden/convicts never saw a 'red flag'?
This is just an overly sentimental, Vaseline around the lens 'bow of the Titanic moment' movie, with no wit, grit or heart. I guess I have seen too many realistic and quality prison shows, movies, documentary's to take this dated circle-jerk seriously, it is absolutely no 10/10.
A guy spends a decade plus being gang raped, doing tax returns and legal favors for the guards that abuse and in at least one case kill the inmates? This movie is no 'Green Mile' and 'Green Mile' isn't as good as a single episode of 'HBO's- OZ'!
I give it an extra star, raising it up to- 5/10, because there is nothing bad about it, and I wouldn't discourage someone from watching it. But don't ask me to score this soft and mushy pointless 'love story', that is too chicken to actually 'show' the love scenes between the two main characters a 10/10 when it's not even as good as the 'Family Guy' parody...