Nothing good ever dies...

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2003)

What an amazing movie. The performances, even by the bit players, are fantastic, the story is wonderful, the mood is great...this is about as close as you can get to a perfect film. The fact that Steven King wrote it makes it all the more amazing.
Although one might be tempted to think of this as a prison movie, it's not; it's about hope and redemption. The hope is embodied in Tim Robbins' character (Andy); the redemption in Morgan Freeman, Red (whose redemption comes as a result of Andy's hope).