Monday 14 January 2008

Movie 7-the Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption
Starring:Tim Robbins,Morgan Freeman,Dir:Frank Dabont
Release date:September 1994,Running time:142 minutes

Andy Dusfrene is accused of murder and found guilty and is sent to Shawshank prison as punishment for his crimes. There he lives out his life quitely and eventually meets another inmate Red(played by the magnificent Morgan Freeman).The two become good friends and the film shows their lives as they battle through their time at Shawshank prison and follows the exploits of these two as well as a group of their friends.

This film is perfect. The acting is incredible and the cast just amazing(Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins are the leads). The story is deliberately slow but this doesn't make the film bad in fact it enhances the experience. The story will genuinely make you happy and make you cry unless you are made of stone and to be honest the ending is one of the best I have seen for reasons I can't go into in case I spoil it. Though it sounds like it would be pretty boring it actually provides so much entertainment and the 2 hours of so fly by and you don't even notice. This film is what God himself watches in heaven

10 out of 10

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