Superb - This film is a modern day classic

Rating: 10/10 (4 October 1999)

I groaned when there was nothing on TV that day so I decided to do the Pay-Per-View thing and pick a random movie. So I saw Shawshank, never having heard a word about it, merely because I liked Morgan Freeman. I was glued to the screen for those two and a half hours. Stephen King created one of the most poignant tales of hope in a modern era, Frank Darabont made every scene breathtakingly beautiful, and the cast was superb.
Shawshank definitely has the most satisfying ending in all of movie history. Although your first watch is the greatest, every viewing reveals a different layer of the story. You begin to see prison through the eyes of Red, Brooks, Haywood, Tommy - even Warden Norton and Byron Hadley.
It is my favorite movie and it has some of the most inspirational lines in it. "Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are far too bright..."
Please see this movie. It is wonderful.