The Shawshank Redemption

Rating: 9/10 (7 December 2014)

Shawshank is a emotionally diverse and wonderful story of friendship that takes place in a harsh, rough prison setting. The acting in this movie was superb! It easily has to be one of the top movies made in the last few decades. Morgan Freeman was outstanding as "Red" a jail broker, who knew how to get what anyone needed. Tim Robbins as "Andy", a like able banker from the city, who was wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. He gets sentenced to Shawshank prison. Andy and Red begin to take you on a story involving many different emotions regarding life in prison and the relationships that are formed and develop. The various events that they occur during their time in prison kept me engaged throughout this long movie. This movie left me satisfied and fulfilled as a movie goer. I hope Hollywood can use this film as a template to make more movies of this quality again. I would highly recommend this to anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of seeing it!