My all time favorite movie! Along with Good Will Hunting!

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2007)

This is my all-time favorite movie, tied with Good Will Hunting. What a clear and incredible experience i had trough this!! i'm still breathless.
This incredible film based on a short story by Stephen King (Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption) shows the story of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), an important banker who is convicted to life imprisonment, accused of the murderer of his wife and her lover; Dufresne then goes to the Shawshank prison where an incredible story of hope takes place!, he meets Ellis Boyd Redding, best known as Red (Morgan Freeman), also a life imprisonment convict who is well respected in the prison; Dufresne begin to demonstrate that he isn't an usual convict, gaining admiration and respect off the inmates, and maintaining the hope in a drab and corrupt prison.
It's incredible how the greatness of a human being can promote the most wonderful feelings in the people, and how a really strong character can maintain his values, principles and dreams amongst any situation. This movie touched my soul, gave me a clear and fresh feeling and is a daily guide to my life! It also demonstrate the importance of the reading, education and self improvement, challenges, perseverance in reaching goals, and love of the true meaning of life!.
The quality of the film is incredible; the directing of Frank Darabont is outstanding; Morgan Freeman is absolutely outstanding too!, Tim Robbins is excellent, their friends roles are touching: Heywood (William Sandler), Tommy (Gil Bellows) Brooks (James Whitmore); the prison guards, specially Warden Samuel Norton (Bub Gunton) and Captain Healey (Clancy Brown) have a good acting also.
A movie that is worth to buy and see forever, is the movie that touch your soul and left a sense of clearness, a movie to teach to your kids the importance of holding to what you really are, and to always, in any situation maintain the hope. 10/10 and my all time favorite!!