The Shawshank redemption review
My Rating: 10/10
IMDb Rating: 9.3/10 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 91% Metacritics Rating: 80/100 My Favorite Quotes 1. Andy Dufresne: [in letter to Red] Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. 2. 1967 Parole Hearings Man: Ellis Boyd Redding, your files say you've served 40 years of a life sentence. Do you feel you've been rehabilitated? Red: Rehabilitated? Well, now let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means. 1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, it means that you're ready to rejoin society... Red: I know what you think it means, sonny. To me, it's just a made up word. A politician's word, so young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did? 1967 Parole Hearings Man: Well, are you? Red: There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then: a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone, and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit. 3. "Get busy living or get busy dying." - Andy Dufrane 4. "Everybody in Shawshank is innocent except me." - Red This movie is truly what I call a masterpiece. It literally contains everything that a great movie needs. Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins and the rest of the supporting actors do a superb job in presenting a realistic prison life. The soundtrack is phenomenal it seemed like the perfect songs were played at the perfect moments. The whole Idea of a prison is very cliche, yet so original in Shawshank Redemptions sense. Sure some may say it was too long, but for me i was mesmerized the entire time and didn't even realize how long it was until i looked at my watch once the film had ended. There are so many things that make this film arguably the greatest of all time that cannot be described in words. I could go on and on about how great this film is, but I won't because it would probably be 10,000 words long. So I'm gonna finish of by saying this is a must watch for every human being on earth. It helps to provide a completely different view on convicted criminals. And how flawed our justice system can be and how our government is unable to create a proper transition from prison life to reality. |
Positives and Negatives
+ Superb Acting
+ Great Soundtrack
+ Fantastic Dialogue
+ Original story
+ Good plot
+ Great Ending
+ Original Quotes
+ Relatable Theme
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+ Great Soundtrack
+ Fantastic Dialogue
+ Original story
+ Good plot
+ Great Ending
+ Original Quotes
+ Relatable Theme
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Criteria /10
Acting/Characters: 10/10
Plot: 9/10
Originality: 10/10
Pacing: 10/10
Soundtrack: 10/10
Dialogue: 10/10
Special Effect: 10/10
Theme: 10/10
Ending: 10/10
Plot: 9/10
Originality: 10/10
Pacing: 10/10
Soundtrack: 10/10
Dialogue: 10/10
Special Effect: 10/10
Theme: 10/10
Ending: 10/10