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It was okay.

one of the best screen adaptations of a Stephen King novel !!!

I have never met a person who hated this movie.

I like this one. I love almost everything Stephen king writes.

Love everything about this movie, such amazing performances from Tim & Morgan.

The beans scene has gone down in movie history

A great movie with well developed plot and actors, can watch it over and over!

Somehow I had managed to not see this movie until earlier this year. I almost missed out on seeing one of the best movies of all time.

No One can beat this film,1994 is greatest year of hollywood because three greatest films released this year
1.Shawshank
2.forest gump
3.pulp fiction
shawshank is one of all time best,it gives me hope and u
please watch this film,this is not a film OUR LIFE NO
MISS THIS FILM

Based on a short story by Stephen King (from "Different Seasons")-this is one Powerful Movie! Very intense and gripping,with a cast worthy of winning awards for their performance in this,it won't fail to move you.Bravo!

A very, very good movie. If it were not for Tim Robbins, this would easily rate a 5. Morgan Freeman displays his typical acting genius in this movie.

Did you ever notice that even when Morgan Freeman is playing a convict, he still comes across as a guy you would trust with your life?

I love both his performance and that of Tim Robbins. Great film!!

"Get busy living or get busy dying!" This movie is about freedom and every now and then it is good to hear this message. This is a great movie. I highly recommend that if you have not seen it that you watched it. This is easily in my top ten of all time.

The best movie I have ever seen. I can watch it over and over again and every time it has the same effect. Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins do a great job. Great plot, great acting, great movie.

This is one of few films that is etched in my memory,that delivers cinematic viewing pleasure given the fact it is hollywood strewn.I rarely give a gold star for over-dramatised hollywood flicks.Being a great lover of world(foreign)cinema,this film definitely makes the cut!

Really good movie. Though it took a lot of years (talk about patience) good won over evil again...and did with with likable characters and heart.

At first i didn't like it but the more i watched it the more i got into the characters and the storyline and how hope plays a big part in this movie. Best prison movie hands down!

Run of the mill predictable prison flick.

One of the few perfect films I've seen. Absolutely flawless.

Definitely one of my top 10. Even though I dont care for Tim Robbins' politics, his portrayal of Andy was superb. At first I had a hard time accepting him in that role (in Steven Kings short story, Andy is small in stature, not tall like Robbins). Morgan Freeman was even better. Freeman is a one of the greatest actors ever and this is one of his best pictures. I have the DVD and find myself watching it a couple of times a year just for inspiration.

If you don't like this movie then you are a cynical b@stard...or a crooked prison warden. This movie will renew your faith in the power of the human spirit.

Another one of my favorites! Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman are excellent in this movie. I heard once that this is a guys chick flick...altho I don't necessarily agree w/ that, it does tug at the heart strings. This is the story of one man's trial and tribulations when he is sent to prison. Great story!

I could watch that movie again and again! Although I think it's sad ending could be changed, I feel it deserves 4 stars!

tim robbins and morgan freeman are great. fine performances without the use of alot of violence or graphic violence to get attention.

My favorite non-comedic movie ever! The characters are depicted so vividly that I truly found myself hating the warden and the prison guard and geniunely feeling sorry for the prisoners. It's not often when you think of criminals, particularly murderers, as the good guys. Great performances by all, especially Freeman and Robbins.

Are we watching the same movie? This movie is very good. Great story line, originality, and conclusion.

Just when things were looking up in the movies they made this...awful....

A little overated and kind of predictable but almost everyone I talk to about it is convinced it is one of the best films ever made.

This is a must see for any movie fan. Great story, great acting, and great music.

This was an excellent movie. How many Stephen King books are on this list anyways, I think I counted at least 3 or 4. The plot, the characters, the settings, not one detail was left out of this movie. It's my daughter and brother's all time favorite movie and it's up pretty high for me too. I've seen it at LEAST 8 times and would watch it again if it was on right now. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, both deserved Oscars for this film. To bad Forest Gump was up against it, it sure was a tough call that year. Shawshank will be around a lot longer than Gump I think-it's timeless.

A great work of art by Stephen King. Brilliant, a Masterpiece. Very well written and thought out. The storyline is extremely tight & well constructed. This film should have won the Oscar for Best Picture but unfortunately it came out the same year as Forest Grump. Forest Grump won the Best Picture Oscar because it was oatmeal for the masses and could be digested easily. When I saw Shawshank Redemption in New York City you could hear a pin drop. That's how captivating a story it is. When the sadistic prison guard captain beat the new inmate to death the audience's eyes were glued to the moviescreen. The film speaks volumes about feelings of despair and hope. The Count of Monte Cristo would have been proud of Andy Dufresne.

Steller movie, a must see for anyone, and I don't give that out to every Tom, dick, and Harry movie Hollywood chruns out. Oh, and Ignatius, I highly recommend King's Dark Tower series if you're looking for good reading. :)

One of the greatest movies ever made. Most of the cast did an ecceptional acting job. However, Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins stole the show. This is a perfect flowing movie in every aspect (plot buildup, musical score, stosphere, ec.). One cannot claim to have seen the best movies of all time unless they have seen The Shawshank Redemption.

An amazing and life-affirming film. What's more amazing is that it did not win Best Picture the year it was released. It apparently didn't do amazing box office business when it came out but made an incredible comeback when released on video. The title put some people off but word of mouth spread and it became a bonafide blockbuster. Well-deserved. Great ending too.

I rented the Shawshank Redemption because I had taken an online survey about movies I liked and disliked. this movie forum would then take my ratings of movies and reccomend movies they thought I would like. I was surprised when they said the Shawshank Redemption. Me, like a movie about prison? I was sure they must be mistaken. Well I rented it and loved it. Tim Robbins,was great as the man who was wrongly accused of a double murder. He ended up in prison for decades. Morgan Freeman was also good as a fellow prisoner.I was expecting a movie about lots of violence and was surprised to find out it was more about how tim Robbins character survived his decades in prison and his victory in the end.A bit too long but a great movie.

Mozda najbolji film koji sam ikad u zivotu pogledala...!!!!!!!

The best movie that has been made in my lifetime! A masterpiece.

This movie is amazing. It is one of the best movies ever made, and my favourite movie of all time.

this movie is with out a dout the greatist move of all time, this movie will chang you for ever after you watch it!

The best Academy Award-winning flick of recent years.Possibly the best prison movie ever.

What a movie! Just when you think ot ends it throws another 30 minutes at you. Anything else I could say would spoil its beauty. Any one whe doesn't like it needs to get a grip on life.

Superb well crafted film about an innocent man Andy Dufresne(Tim Robbins) who is convicted of murdering his wife and the changes he goes through while in prison. Standout peformances by Robbins, Morgan Freeman, James Whitmore and Bob Gunton as the cruel warden. The movie has rightly become a modern movie classic.

Good, solid drama with great acting performances by Robbins and Freeman. One of the better film adaptations of a Stephen King book.

This movie is a classic. It will stand the test of time because I've seen bits & pieces of it over and over on TV and it's hard to change the channel. Easy to watch. Great acting. But there is one part of the film that's clearly just a shameful attempt to tug at the heartstrings.

Mediocre at best. Why is this first on the list? Hasn't anyone seen another movie.

A movie with a miracle. This is a make-you-feel good movie. This movie will give in courage in life. It tells you that miracles do happen, but it's not something that we get just by sitting there and wanting it to come. You have to work hard and always believe in the things that you're doing. I mean after all, a miracle is not some magical thing, it's just our will and desire to thrive hard to get where we want go, and if you never give up, you'll eventually get there.

a amazing story. Great acting. Awsome cinematogrophy. A masterpice

I can't listen to the same song twice in a row without getting a headache but I can watch this movie Over and Over and Over.

Excellent story of an innocent man in prison, and the people around him. I enjoy this movie any time it come on. Tim Robbins is great, and place his character with a good amount of depth. Morgan Freeman is excellent. Stephen King had a great story.

SUPERB! A life affirming movie with a message of hope and redemption. Morgan Freeman and Tim Robins as well as a fabulous supporting cast make this a movie that will endure.

A terrific movie. Although some may find it slow, I say those people are slow. The only movie that Tim Robbins was good in.

Movies touches a lot of issues beautifully -- prison brutality, business corruption, religious hypocrisy, what enables "rehabilitation", the power of keeping hope and believing in oneself. Very inspiring and teaches some valuable life lessons.

Overshadowed by Forest Gump that won EVERYTHING that year, but by far one of the greatest movies made.

It's rare for a movie these days to take it's time telling a story, and that's what Shawshank Redemption does. This film is very well written, well acted and compelling from beginning to end. There's no explosions, there's no silliness, it's just a simple, warm, honest, comtemplative film with a story that brings the audience along with it. Great movie; you'll think it ends too quickly.

I never understood the hype about this movie until just recently when I caught the last half of it on TV. Incredible storyline, excellent acting, and very moving without being sappy. The script, especially the monologues for Morgan Freeman's character, was extremely well written. Great movie!

An absolutely great movie. If you haven't seen it, you're missing out.

one of the best drama movies ever

Everybody loves shawshank, it's dificult to see anything beating it for the 'peoples' choice for best film of all time. Brilliant from start to finish. The unfolding scenes from when Andy is sat in the yard talking to Red, just let out from solitary confinement, to the films close are as satisfying to watch as anything in cinema.

I can honestly say that I have never heard anyone say a bad thing about this movie. The message about the triumph of the human spirit contained in it is universal and seems to appeal to everyone regardless of gender, age, race, etc. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman give fantastic, heartfelt performaces along with their exceptionally strog supporting cast. This is a timeless movie that gets it right on every level - a wonderful version of Stephen King's excellent story.

By far the best movie!!! This is the kind of movie you can watch once a week!!!

Outstanding!!

This is my favorite movie of all time. I own the DVD and have watched it maybe 25 times. My family laughs and makes fun on me when I watch it. I’ve never really been able to determine what draws me to it. I have noticed that there are no women characters in the movie other than incidental (the opening scenes where his wife is shown, some of the jury, the last parole board has a representative, the board house woman and the grocery store), thus all the interaction of any substance is between men. This is not what I usually watch. Somehow the isolation and introspection by the characters seems important. I usually have plot criticisms of movies such as when characters do things that are nonsensical, something requires 1000-to-one odds to work and works, or cars roll over and there is a small nuclear detonation to enhance a scene. But the plot in SR is flawless. I’ll read some more of the reviews.

The greatest movie I've ever seen. There's nothing I can say that hasn't been covered by the other reviewers. It's touching, it's interesting, it's clever. It's just a damn good watch. This is a movie I could watch over and over for eternity. Great acting, great plot. Just great!

Truly one of the best movies ever made. I was one of the few who saw it in theatres and feel better for having seen this cinematic masterpiece on the big screen. I've viewed the movie countless times since it was released and i'm still moved beyond words with each screening. Everything else out there is just a movie, this my friends is art.

Tim Robbins is my hero. This movie rocks.

This film is amazing and stunning. The first time I watched it I was left breathless. The score is beautiful, the performances outstanding, and overall a truly brilliant film. A little audience-friendly, but who really cares when there is a great film like this.

Shawshank Redemption is a good movie, but highly overrated. On IMDb, it's rated No.2 best of all time. There is no way it's better than Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, which is rated No.3 of all time on the IMDb's top 250 list. On a scale of 1-10 for Shawshank: 9/10, but not 2nd best or first best of all time for drama.

awsome, I can't say any more. a modern classic