Very few things in life are better than meeting your best friend by the blue waters of the ocean.

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 1999)

Tim Robbins (I.Q.) "Andy Dufresne" accused and convicted of the murder of his wife, is sent a prison called Shawshank. Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy) "Red" is also in prison and he can get things from the outside world. Because of that, they become best friends. This movie is full of hope. It has such sweet moments in such a terrible place as a jail. I have never watched a movie about a jail that is as positive as this one. It is the best movie on the subject. It has great dialogue, gives the audience the sense of constant cheering for Andy because he is so ingenious. The little glasses fit the character. Andy is brilliant indeed. I applauded him for things that he did, which are also my favorite scenes: the idea of walking around the jail yard and the discharging of the powder that he made out of the jail wall, was just remarkable; the big posters such as one of Rita Hayworth later Rachel Welch, on the wall; the creation of the library; the transfer of bank funds; getting that hypocrite jail warden caught; leaving clues for Red after he was paroled. Very few things in life are better than meeting your best friend by the blue waters of the ocean. I love the ending. This movie is part of our video library and I have watched it several times and I still get hyper about the stuff that Andy does. Favorite Quote: Red: "Geology is the study of pressure and time that is all it really, pressure and time."