What Genre Is This Film?

Rating: Null/10 (20 March 2002)

Please somebody tell me, what genre is this film? When i first saw this i was told it was the average prison drama; i came from watching it thinking, yeah right!
This film is without a doubt, the greatest film of all time. The aspect that the film tries to get across to the prison genre is marvelous.

Plot Summary: Andy Deufrasne (Tim Robbins) has been falsely convicted of murdering his beloved wife. Despite his efforts to outwit the courtroom, he is sentenced to two life-sentences in a large maximum security prison called Shawshank. The first few days for Andy are dark to say the least, awaking the drama sense of the whole film. Andy becomes aware of a fellow prisoner known as Red (Morgan Freeman) - 'The man who can get things'. And when Andy asks Red for a small rock hammer (A tiny hammer used for shaping and cleaning small rocks), Red gets the impression that Andy isn't your everyday inmate. Time goes on and Red becomes more and more aware of Andy's excentricity.
Favourite Quote: 'Andy gave us the two things we all loathed, time and patience; because that's all it takes really, time and patience' - Freeman.
Rating: 10/10