Beauty

Rating: Null/10 (20 July 2000)

A beautiful film. I must have seen it twenty times. No joke. Thomas Newman's haunting musical score still touches me with every viewing. This is one of those films that plays on TV almost constantly and yet you still find yourself watching it every time. I guess its because of its epic scale and like a great painting you can find some new in it each time you view it.

Frank Darabont does a great adaptation of Stephen King's novella from his 'Different Seasons' collection. I guess the theme of each novella in the book relates to the different seasons. The quote 'hope springs eternal' is at the preface of the Shawshank section of the book and if you've seen the film you know hope is the movie's central theme.

Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins make a great pair in this, probably the best on screen pair since Redford and Newman. See this film and you may become a Shawshank fanatic like so many other people.