Not a word wasted

Rating: Null/10 (7 November 1999)

If you haven't seen this movie, skip down to the next comment, because a SPOILER follows. This movie has been aptly (and deservedly) praised by others, so I'll comment on just one thing. Watch "The Shawshank Redemption" two or three times and witness the superb foreshadowing, even just within the dialogue. Example: when Andy, appearing depressed, rambles to Red about what it would be like to be outside prison and in Mexico, Red brings him back to reality by telling him that the idea of ever leaving prison is "just a bunch of shitty pipe dreams." Then Andy actually escapes by crawling through a sewer pipe. Brilliant, just brilliant.