Very Good Movie

Rating: 10/10 (24 August 2015)

The movie is primarily filmed inside a prison. One great thing I liked about the movie is that it is not shown from the perspective of its hero (Andy Duferene) but it is shown from the perspective of Red(Morgan Freeman). The film starts with a courtroom scene where Andy is given two life sentences as he is convicted for the murder of his wife and her lover. Then the story goes inside the prison and stays there. We see how Andy is different from others. How he risks his life for getting beer for his friends and things like. Red is the closest person to Andy in person. Andy, by his skills, impresses the prison staff, so they allow him to write letters to government officials for funds for prison library and also they utilize it to run their scams. The movie doesn't seem to show pity over Andy's condition. It purely deals with it in a subjective manner. Andy do many good things in prison, like he helps his prison mates to get a high school diploma.
Overall, the movie is worth watching.