Director: Frank Darabont
Cast: William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Clancy Brown


I think I learn and understand more every time I watch this film, and I have been watching it for-a very long time. This film teaches us that a film does not have to have violence, death, gore, or require a case of Kleenex in order to be powerful. This fill is like a diamond in the rough-gray and cruel-looking on the outside, but soft, tender, and endearing on the inside. There are so many layers to this film, which may be why after sixteen years, it is still a marvel to watch. The story of a man who claims to be falsely imprisoned, and the falsely imprisoned men he is surrounded by, who each touch us in a unique way. His best friend in prison is Morgan Freeman, without whom he would probably not have survived. Freeman, in his classic style, teaches us about patience, perseverance, and metaphorical redemption in this 1940’s prison.