Shawshank Redemption

Pros: Script, Performances, Photography, Score

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: The bottom line is spending a life sentence in the hole.

Review: 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: performances by Robbins and Freeman, excellent script

Cons: no good DVD extras

The Bottom Line: With some great twists and turns in a familiar plot, this movie took me on a wild ride of emotions. The casting is perfect.

Review: 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: great story, deeply moving, extremely well written, great cast of character, Freeman and Robbins

Cons: absolutely, positively, none

The Bottom Line: One of the best movies I have ever seen, The Shawshank Redemption is a great story surrounding the inmates of a Maine prison.

Review: 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: Triumph thing; actors.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: One wonderful film.

Review: 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: Has an intriguing plot that keeps the attention of the viewer

Cons: Violent scenes are not for the faint of heart

The Bottom Line: This is a must see for viewers who love prison movies.

Review: 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: Superb acting, Incredible Storyline, satisfying ending

Cons: Can't think of any, honestly

The Bottom Line: The best, no jive

Review: 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: Morgan Freeman, design, anti-mush in content

Cons: Probably a shade too long, but this is nitpicking.

The Bottom Line: Surprisingly exhilirating... not the usual terms for a prison flick.

Review: 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: Outstanding acting, plot, great moments, great musical interludes

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: The voice of Stephen King combined with the outstanding acting of Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, a winning combination.

Review: Andy Dufresne (Dufrain) has been guilty of many things before arriving at Shawshank prison, committed for the murder of his wife and her lover. "I don't think I showed her how much I loved her, he tells Red, a fellow prisonmate, about halfway through the...

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

Cons: Few if any.

The Bottom Line: This is one of the best films you will ever see.

Review: 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: Great Acting, Great Direction, Great Writing

Cons: NONE

The Bottom Line: The bottom line is that you Have to see this film....... you won't be disappointed.... i'll give you my money back guarantee :-)

Review: NOTE: This is my 3rd try on trying to publish this review. The epinions site has been down alot and now I finally hope this review will work.


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