Shawshank Redemption

Pros: performances by Robbins and Freeman, excellent script
Cons: no good DVD extras

Shawshank Redemption is one of those films I’d heard about for quite some time, but never got around to seeing. It wasn’t like I had anything against the film, I just never had come across it on television when I was in the mood for a film, ...

Pros: Script, Performances, Photography, Score
Cons: None

When I was twelve years old, I read my first book by Stephen King. Being more or less nocturnal, I always found myself deep into The Shining in the middle of the night. At the time we had a new kitten that delighted in jumping onto my bed under ...

Pros: Robbins, camera, Rita Hayworth cameo, supporting cast
Cons: Freeman, long winded, talky, slow, tedious, where are Maine accents?

Put your faith in the Lord. Your *$$ belongs to me. Warden Samuel Norton

Shawshank is a prison, somewhere in Maine. The protagonist, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), is wrongly sent up with a double life sentence for murder of his...

Pros: Has an intriguing plot that keeps the attention of the viewer
Cons: Violent scenes are not for the faint of heart

This opinion shares some minor details about the movie in order to leave as much enjoyment and discovery as possible for the new viewer.

Imagine if you will, what it would be like to be sent to prison to serve two consecutive life terms for...

Pros: great story, deeply moving, extremely well written, great cast of character, Freeman and Robbins
Cons: absolutely, positively, none

These walls are kind of funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, gets so you depend on them. That's institutionalized. They send you here for life, that's exactly what they take. The part that counts, anyways. -- ...

Pros: Superb acting, Incredible Storyline, satisfying ending
Cons: Can't think of any, honestly

Since yours truly is a huge movie fan and has seen his fair share of movies, both average, enjoyably good and those horrendous pieces of trash cinema, I felt obligated to review what I consider to be the greatest film I have seen. It seems like I am not ...

Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing

Yeah, I'm a regular Nieman-Marcus. And so when Andy Dufresne came to me in 1949 and asked if I could smuggle Rita Hayworth into the prison for him, I said it would be no problem at all. And it wasn't. -Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding Rita ...

Pros: Enduring, inspirational entertainment, set in harsh reality, dealing with the deepest of human emotions.
Cons: Few if any.

What would you do if you were wrongly condemned to a life in a prison with no way out? Would you angrily rebel against the injustice? Would you give up and withdraw into a shell, accepting your lot is life as hopeless? Would you begin to live the convict ...

Pros: The best in movies
Cons: None

Andy Dufresne (Dufrain) [Tim Robbins] is a ex-banker, who is given a double life sentence to serve in the Shawshank Prison of Maine for the crime of a double murder. Who were his victims? His soon to be ex-wife [the usual scenario] and her new lover. ...

Pros: Good - if a bit overlong - script. Fine cast and great performances.
Cons: Leisurely pace might be a turn-off to some viewers.

One of the few good things about television and the home video business is that, on occasion, a box-office "flop" that is simply a good movie that didn't find a receptive audience in theatrical release can still make a comeback thanks to repeated airings ...

Pros: Triumph thing; actors.
Cons: None.

If there's any film in recent history that has become known as One of The Great Films of All Time, it is Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption. While it did garner an Academy Award nomination, in its time, very few people had heard of or seen ...

Pros: Brilliant acting, music, great plot... everything!
Cons: I cannot think of any.

If movies can redeem anyone, it is Shawshank Redemption. This is one of the best movies ever made. It is constantly rated among the best movies made and top grosser in the DVD sales. It stands second in the IMDB ranking next only to GodFather. Not to say ...

Pros: Another great movie from a Stephen King novella
Cons: None

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"I have...

Pros: Morgan Freeman, design, anti-mush in content
Cons: Probably a shade too long, but this is nitpicking.

There are currently 183 reviews on this movie in the database, but, these summer holidays I am in a quest to see all the movies I really ought to have seen at my age and as a record, when I can be ar*ed, I'll do a review. This was brought about by that I ...

Pros: Great Acting, Great Direction, Great Writing
Cons: NONE

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