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PLOT
Andy Dufresne is a young hot shot banker with a beautiful wife and a bright future ahead. That is, until he's convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Andy is sentenced to 2 life terms, one for each victim, at Shawshank prison. While in there, he soon befriends Red, an old con man whose been there his whole life. We follow Andy through his life at Shawshank and all the great, horrifying, and amazing times it entails.
PROS
Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman shine in this film. They're both great individually, Robbins portraying the calm, cool, somewhat snooty Andy, and Freeman portraying the charming con man of Red. But they're also amazing together, portraying one of the most believable friendships on film.
The movie never sugar-coats prison life. It sucks to be at Shawshank, and this film will show just how much it sucks. Instead of going for shock value, it makes it realistic and most of it's left up to your imagination to fill in the gaps. This makes it more disturbing and, sometimes, hard to watch.
The directing is very impressive for Frank Darabont's first time. If you don't know who Darabont is, well he's only the director of "The Green Mile", the first and best episode of "The Walking Dead", and he was also the producer and main reason the show was made.
We're never told up front weather or not Andy actually committed the crime. While, yes, there is a lot of evidence to support that he is not guilty, we still don't get a clear answer. The film never takes sides and let's the audience make up it's own mind.
CONS
Once again, nothin'.
CONCLUSION
This was already one of my favorite movies of all time, and this just made it all the more apparent. If you are one of the 5 people who have yet to see this movie, do anything in your power to see it. This is a classic that will never be forgotten.
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