Sensitive and fascinating

Rating: 10/10 (2 September 2005)

Maybe the best American movie of the 90's. No Oscar for this picture. Maybe too much good to win any prize. Frank Darabont's masterpiece is a perfect example of classical movie: without pretentious direction, without f/x, without a great budget... "Only" a wonderful story, a brilliant soundtrack (Thomas Newman already existed before American Beauty), a message about hope, and two monsters of the acting: Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, Red and Andy Dufresne. I didn't think a film based on a Stephen King book could be so fascinating, so sensitive, so wonderful.
Enough to stay in your mind forever, and enough to cheer you up whenever you feel down.
Rating: 10/10