Review of Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption is to me a story of not only a jail break but of an intensely etched human emotion depicted flawlessly. Its cinema at excellence de par. The storyline, mimic and the cast come together as a perfect entanglement. Should I say more, than I am at loss of words at expressing it. The Oscars to its credit comes less for what it depicts.

Shawshank for the first timers is a state house prison. Its ugly realities comes across quickly as we are scene to a corrupt warden and some sadistic home guards. In comes Andy(Tim Robbins) who has been accused of a double murder and is strolled around the prison to be educated of the rules and regulations. What we see is a horrendous scene of guards and their leader putting the inmates through a eye raising series of torcher. Our man, an unlikely hero among the inmates is put to the sling. The scene is repeated at will to embed our eyes of the horror with which prison inmates are treated. A ghastly moment comes across with one of the inmates put to deathbed. As the inmates develop an uncanny relation amongst themsleves at the dinner table we see Red(Morgan Freeman) developing a special liking towards Andy. Together they learn of each others past and the repertoire they possess. While Andy is a banker, he readily puts his skills across table. He calls for managing the investments of his fellow mates and also finds a friend in the Library chief Bill. His reputation for patience pays as he brings about changes to the lives of people around him. He reforms the library and brings together some of his inmates to booze along with the warden. The transformation of the library brings to our eyes a sense of wetness. For the humor quotient there is Red, whose pardon, lies in answering a series of questions. The answer ceases to remain same each time and the stamp on it seals rejected. Its sure to tickle the funny bone.
Some nerve wracking moments are posted in the movie with great poise. The scene where Bill is set to retire and his search for a changed life at a grocery shop is beautifully shot. He cracks at the helm by hanging himself and smudges the wall to say BILL WAS HERE. The cleverness of Andy at studying geophysical novels is worth the wait. The background narration of Morgan Freeman is first rate. We wait to watch when the jail break will happen and it happens a slow pace. What makes it so rendering to watch is the way Andy breaks through and lets Red join. The climax of a violent and well sketched plan is never put across as Andy muddles his way out through endless amount of patience and decades of work. That Red makes his way out passing the fragile set of questions of the pardoning committee is answered as it lingers us. The way with which Andy sets clue for Red to be together at the end is heartwarming. And the smudged wall where Bill darned his presence is added to with the names of Andy and Red. It leaves our mind in exasperation for more such cinema. We are indeed brought together for this endlessly watchable film.
"Go get it".