Great movie, but "The Best Ever"?

Rating: 9/10 (24 September 2008)

The Shawshank Redemption is based on a short story by Stephen King. Andy Dufresne (Robbins) is imprisoned in Shawshank Prison for killing his wife and her lover. Inside, he befriends Red (Freeman), another inmate, and keeps making changes around the place, which worries the prison warden.
I watched the film when I found out that it had beat "The Godfather" to the top position on IMDb's Top 250 movies list. It was great, but I don't quite think it deserves the Nr 1 position. Don't get me wrong, the film is more than worth watching, but there's a lot of movies out there, just as good as this one and there's nothing outstandingly special about this one. It's great, nonetheless, and I can strongly recommend it.
9/10