Shawshank Redemption

Pros: Great characters and actors
Cons: none

I found this movie on accident while channel surfing several years ago. It was on HBO. I stopped and checked it out as nothing else was on. I ened up watching the rest of the show and loved it. It was a week or so later before I caught the whole thing on...

Pros: great actors
Cons: the prison life is not pretty at times

I watched this movie the first time because I liked the story line that was previewed on the television commercials when this movie was in the theaters. I usually watch everything that Morgan Freeman is in and when I saw that he was playing opposite Tim...

Pros: It has a wonderful message and won't give you an incurable disease.
Cons: 148 minutes you won't get back.

The title of the Stephen King novella The Shawshank Redemption is based on is called  Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption it is in his Different Seasons collection of 4  stories (which also included THE BODY ...

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: Everything
Cons: Not one

Of all the reviews I have written, I have never felt a sense of trepidation about writing any one of them until now. I guess when you are writing a review about what is arguably one of the best film's ever made you feel a sense of duty to write the best ...

Pros: moving, uplifting ending, great acting, engaging plot
Cons: depressing parts, mature topics, graphic scenes and violence

There are few movies that touch your soul and leave their impression on you long after you've finished watching. Shawshank Redemption is one of those movies that takes hold of your mind and heart and leaves its residue lingering long afterwords. ...

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: Everything: good acting (especially by Morgan Freeman), great story.
Cons: Can get slightly long-winded, especially near the end.

The name of Stephen King has been synonymous with good horror novels for years. But the writer has much more to offer, which he proved with his 1992 collection of stories “Different Seasons”. After Rob Reiner’s successful Stand By Me in 1986,...

Pros: Direction, Script, Lighting, Acting
Cons: Not a darn thing.

This review has been sitting around for quite some time. I simply wasn't sure if my, sometimes inadequate, words could do it justice. I've edited it several times and then decided to take my cue from Writer/Director Frank Darabont. He must have gone ...

Pros: beautiful film-making, well-written, well acted, justice is served in the end
Cons: none; you'll simply want to see more

This is a beautiful, engaging, well-told story and film and quite possibly the best prison story ever told. Yes: better even than Alcatraz (starring Clint Eastwood), The Great Escape (with Steve McQueen, James Garner) or Papillon...

Pros: The film has everything
Cons: None

Advantages The film has everything Disadvantages None Background Info -Nominated for 7 Oscars -11 wins & 13 nominations -Director: Frank Darabont -Release Date: 17 February 1995 (UK) Plot Andy Dufresne, played by Tim Robbins is wrongly ...

Pros: The performances are appropriate to the characters and superior
Cons: It starts out a bit slowly, and some plot devices are a bit derivative

I happened upon this film when it was on cable and was unintentionally captivated by it.

It starts out somewhat slowly; the premise of the movie is repeated several times within several contexts, within the first fifteen or twenty minutes....

Pros: Powerful and frighteningly well scripted and acted. Suspenseful and full of surprises. The greatest movie I have ever seen.
Cons: My tape is going to wear out one day.

I have been sitting here for the past fifteen minutes, composing, deleting and recomposing various alternative opening paragraphs which I had hoped would instill a feeling of sweeping power mighty enough to convey my sincere admiration for this film,...

Pros: Acted out well, as close to real thing as it possibly can be!
Cons: Swearing may offend some, ending seemed rushed!!

First of all, I should tell you how I came around to seeing this film! Well, a few people had actually told me about prior to seeing it. To tell you the truth, the few people that did tell me I should see this film are the kinds of people who usually...

Pros: Robbins and Freeman, Plot, Characterization
Cons: None apparent

The Shawshank Redemption provides such a unique, twisting and turning story that anyone who understands the human experience can enjoy. Andy Dufresne, played by Tim Robbins, is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover, a crime he didn't ...