Simply sublime!

Rating: 10/10 (12 July 2011)

Wow!!! And just in case I haven't made my self clear enough, WOW!!!! There are movies you kinda enjoy, good ones and even the occasional welcome surprise. And then, seldom, you come across a movie like this one. The kind where the end titles have already gotten to the soundtrack part, but you still haven't budged not believing what just hit you. This is a story which will take you on a truly beautiful journey, through all possible emotions, always under the steady guidance of Morgan Freeman's unequaled narrative. Tim Robbins is simply brilliant, making the evolution from docile, even fragile, inmate to jailbreak mastermind a riveting experience. All in all, I have always found it surprising, given the bleak prison life dominating the film's story, how this movie is foremost a tale of perseverance, true friendship and hope.