"Fear can keep you prisoner. Hope can set you free"

Rating: 5/10 (20 November 2011)

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
With The Shawshank Redemption number 1 on the top 250, you can easily say that I had huge expectations. I never thought of it as the best movie ever, but I still thought it would a great, moving experience that gradually deserved it's position. If your expecting just that; I suggest to throw your expectations away and keep away. HONESTLY, I found the film to be quite good but the movie is obviously overrated. First up, the acting and directing was fantastic. The first, say, 30 minutes had drawn me in fantastically. Unforgivably, this is the point where the movie dragged itself down and made me lose interest a couple times. Again, this is no way means I hated the film; I found it to be great, but the fact that this film is top (especially over The Godfather) confuses me. Honestly, the final minutes failed to move me; which I expected. But although I found the movie to be good, I don't find it to be one of the best. In fact, I might forget about it soon down the road. So if your like me, and had all these expectations for a great film, and was sadly letdown by a poor interest-level, stay away. I know I'm probably going to get a lot of heat for this post, but I'm stating my opinion. Maybe I was too tired to understand the impact or maybe I wasn't in the mood for this kind of film. MAYBE, one day, I'll have the time to re-watch and reconsider my opinion. Nonetheless, I wasn't too impressed. The movie is great but lacks your interest. I gets 7/10 for it's premise and 5/10 for it's overrated score. I would recommend (possibly) if your into prison movies and maybe not so much if you relate to me. 5/10.