The Four-Hundred And Twentieth Person To Gush About Shawshank

Rating: 10/10 (25 September 2019)

Shawshank is a movie I find little to no flaws. It doesn't feel it's runtime at all, impeccably cast, narratively sound, no filler, emotional, an crowdpleaser ending, and narration that actually feels necesarry. Almost every character is fleshed out in a subtle and fitting way that doesn't take you out of the movie, and it doesn't cliche the prison workers. The film takes place over twenty years, giving it stakes and a reason for the emotional connection between characters that would be manufactutred in a week in a lesser movie. The way the prisoners interact with and think of Dufrense grows and develops in a believeable and natural way. A ten/ten emorional rollercoaser that I'll never forget.