I've proudly never seen this.

Probably should see the movie and judge for yourself.

It's frankly a waste of time. Don't do it. Don't do like I did and be suckered into watching it again and again. It is not a good movie.

You missed a good movie. The rating as the highest rated movie on IMDB is well deserved. I think it's downgraded as a great movie because of its topic. People wouldn't generally be interested in a prison film with no female lead except on a poster. Also, it's based on a novel by Stephen King but not a horror movie. For the top rated movies, we get more interesting films and subjects so we perceive it as not significant. I used to think the Godfather was clearly better, but after repeated watchings of The Shawshank Redemption, I have given it a higher ranking into my top 10. It's #6 ahead of Pulp Fiction and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but they're interchangeable in the 6-8 slots I think.

Says more about you than it does the movie. Thanks for the warning.

Yeah. Just like a guy I once knew who was proud of having drunk 72 cans of beer in a week. This movie is very good and it does not deserve hate.

It's a good movie if you can watch it for free TV.

WOW, very sad that so many trolls made the jump over here from IMDB message boards :(.

It is a brilliant movie.