The film is even more textured and less gratuitous than The Shawshank Redemption . Although the current production runs three hours, I wasn't really bored at any point. This picture is, like the cigarette of the old-time commercials, worth walking a mile for. But when the credits roll, you realize you never left Kansas. There's plenty here to make you laugh and cry.
Hanks is a genuine pleasure to watch.
Frank Darabont is the world's greatest director of movies taken from Stephen King prison books. The movie uses the emotional sentiments that death presents as a crutch of support for an otherwise weak and underdeveloped production. Click to read the article. Click to read the article. Click to read the article.