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Summary: Simply fantastic!!!!!!
Review: This is a movie you can watch over and over again without getting bored. It just draws you in. Everytime it's shown on T.V. I watch it. One of the best movies of all time!
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Summary: Whoa!!!
Review: I can say this much it is an extremely good movie and an even better storyline with great acting from Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, truely outstanding.
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Summary: Fantastic film! Incredibly Moving!
Review: "The send you here for life, and that's exactly what they take."This is one of the most inspirational movies I've ever watched. There are few things more satisfying than seeing a man, horribly wronged by "the system", come out on top through sheer will and hope. Another great part of this film is the portrayal of the other inmates. They had actually committed their crimes, but you couldn't help coming to realize that they were still human beings despite their screw-ups. I felt sorry for the abuses they endured at the hands of the guards. Once you cared about the characters, you couldn't help but be enraged by the corruption of the prison system. But it all comes back to the overall theme, which is not giving up. Not losing hope. You watch as over the long passage of time as the characters grow and change, and how their lives are changed and shaped by Andy Dufresne, and his basic life philosophy. "Get busy living, or get busy dying."
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Summary: Absolutely outstanding film!!!
Review: Andy Dufresne ( Tim Robbins) is a well educated banker that is wrongly convicted of killing his wife. Sent to Shawshank Prison to serve a life sentence, Andy starts out having a hard time and existing only in appearance. That is until he meets Red ( Morgan Freeman)- the man in Shawshank that can get you anything. Andy and Red soon become the best of friends. Andy's demeanour and undeniable sense of hope causes Red to take a deeper look within himself, and the world around him, while Andy proves to all the inmates at Shawshank that hope and determination can get you through even the cruelest of circumstances. Everything about this film, from the directing to the musical score, is absolutely flawless. Frank Darabont's adaptation of Stephen King's novella " Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" is absolutely incredible. The adaption is so good, that the film manages to be even better, because the story is too rich to be limited to a 100 page short story, and the film puts it on much grander scale. Darabont really shows how much emotion a musical score can get from the audience. It is one of the best I have ever heard, and it really drives the film. The story itself deals with the concepts of hope and freedom. They are the concepts of humanity which everyone wants, and it gives the film a more personal feel. These concepts are so intricately drawn into the plot, that the audience can't help being drawn in to the film. The actors are do a phenomenal job. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman give the performances of their careers. The warden played by Bob Gunton is outstanding because of how well he plays both sides of his character. He claims to be highly religious, but shows his truly dispicable nature at the same time. Great two face character! James Whitmore does a great job with Brooks Hatlen. "Brooks is an institutional man now". His performance acturately portrays how a person can come to depend on the environment around them. Other great performances are given by William Sadler as Haywood, Clancy Brown as Captain Byron Hadley, and Gil Bellows as Tommy Williams. "The Shawshank Redemption" has it all - a great script with an identical adaptation, outstanding direction, amazing performances, thought provoking concepts of the human condition, and a briliant musical score. In 148 minutes running, the film manages to become a masterpiece that is one of a kind. Truly unforgettable film!
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Summary: Great movie
Review: This really was a great movie. Great and believable plot. Excellent acting. One of the best of the past 10 years. I loved this movie!
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Summary: the best
Review: the best movie i have ever senn period thats all i have 2 say
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Summary: great film about the power of faith and the human spirit
Review: Drawing slightly on the themes in Alexandre Dumas' THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (which is even coyly referenced in the film by one of the criminals as "Alexandre Dumb-A**"), THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION is sure to renew your faith in modern filmmaking. The plot follows the life-long friendship formed in prision between Andy (played so wonderfully by Tim Robbins that I had to go out and watch his other films-- note: this is his best) and "Red" (portrayed perfectly by Morgan Freeman, as usual). Andy has been falsely accused of a crime he did not commit. He ends up serving a life sentance alongside Red, a sly criminal who can "get you anything", and the two develop a several-decade-long friendship. Andy was a smart banker before his arrest and helps the evil warden with his paperwork. Not to give away the plot or anything, but there is some definate LES MISERABLES influence in this movie as well. Not to say that it doesn't stand alone as an original work of wonderful writing and directing. The classic references only enhance the fulfilling story of friendship, faith, hope and perserverence. This is simply a perfect film and will leave you close to tears, if not actually shedding them. For a Hollywood film, it doesn't try to keep the plot "on the safe side", shedding dark, uncomfortable subjects for shallower ones. This movie will teach you something, and that's a big compliment.
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Summary: A RIOT!!!!
Review: This is one of the funniest movies i've ever seen! I especially liked the part where the warden finds out the bible carried Andy's escape tool. I couldn't stop laughing! It's not quite as good as Con Air but it is very entertaining. The only part of the movie that seemed far-fetched, was the part where Andy plays the record with the Italian ladies singing. Come on! He should have played Elvis or something like that. I mean, hardened convicts listening to opera music and liking it? Yeah, right. They would sooner tap spoons on their cell bars than hear that noise. Still, a good movie. Ranks right up there with Escape from L.A. This one could be a keeper. Yeah, man! Gotta go. Surf's up!
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Summary: Uplifting and compelling with a satisfying ending
Review: Every once in awhile, a film comes along that defies explanation, that you can't really pinpoint why everyone loves it so much, you just do. And that that film comes out and is praised to death despite having either low box office return, unknown stars or an extended length. Well among all the teen gross out comedies, teen romances and just convuluted messy and totally unneccessary films, Shawshank towers over them all. Tim Robbins plays Andy, an intelligent banker who is convicted of killing his wife and lover, he's sent to Shawshank Prison. Despite having rather brutal guards and gay men who keep assaulting him, Andy becomes very likable due to his intelligence. He does the guards tax returns and financial advice, gets a big library rather than the 2 shelves they used to have and in one scene, actually let's people listen to a song from the speakers for the first time. He also befriends Red, a kind of convenience store man who can get anything. Over the course of 20 years, we see Andy and Red going through Shawshank and how to have resilience even at it's worst. All this leads up to one incredibly satisfying ending which benefits from a seemingly long film and great acting, this is a very good film to buy, yes I said buy, don't rent this. Buy.
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Summary: One for the ages
Review: I believe that,like good friends, we can count the truly great movies on the fingers of our hands. This picture is in my top 5 of all time. The performances alone, of all the cast, not just Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, are superb. For me,it is the voice over of Mr Freeman that elevates the different moods and tones over the course of the story. Far from turning this into another jail break fiasco, we are left to wonder at the endurance of the human spirit and grieve at its frailty. There is no glorification of the physical violence, no homage to the "tough guy" routine, offered - rather a slow subtle appreciation for the ability to survive and to adapt to a hostile environment. Morgan Freeman's closing soliloquy of "I hope........" is not the atypical Hollywood triumphant ending but, a considered dose of reality. Please G-d, there wont be a sequel!
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