You can't live without these walls anymore… Stephen King's film adaptations always attract multiple attention from the audience. People love his works and want to see how unprecedented stories are adapted for big and TV screens. However, the book and the movie about the Shawshank prison break stand apart from the usual stories that the king of horror knows to us. The film "Escape from Shawshank" is brilliant, sustained, interesting and original. He won the hearts of millions of viewers. It is not for nothing that he is included in the best films on many sites dedicated to cinema. And absolutely deservedly so. The atmosphere of the film immediately sets up a long story in a narrative style. You are preparing to spend a long time at the screen and see something interesting. However, the viewing hours are absolutely not noticed, because the story that the authors tell us is beautiful. The plot develops steadily, slowly. We get to know the characters, their past and present are competently shown. You begin to understand them, empathize with them, even imagine what they could do without being in prison. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman are unforgettable. They are masters of their craft, they work well together. In my opinion, these are some of the best roles of actors. I really liked the spirit of the era. The post-war period, the States, atmospheric shots, attention to details of that time. Prison is not a place for a picnic. This is a harsh world with its own rules and dangerous inhabitants. All this, including strained relations within the team, is perfectly shown on the screen. Robbins' hero finds himself in the grip of justice, gets used to a new life, lives by his own mind and eventually shows that even concrete walls cannot hold a person if he wants to be free so much. His mind cannot be caged. His antipode, so to speak, is absolutely a prison man who has lived outside the will for most of his life — the hero of Morgan Freeman. For him, the will is something distant and ghostly, unusual and imperceptible. Prison became his home. And these two completely different people become close friends over time. And this invisible connection runs like a red thread through the entire tape. The wonderful director Frank Darabont gave his best. A great picture, verified scenes, staged dialogues — all this pleases the viewer. He took the viewer through a lifetime, showed how free a person can be in his soul. The finale leaves several feelings in the soul at once. It's joy, it's sadness, it's a kind of longing for the heroes that you have to part with, because the story is told. I recommend this movie to everyone. It will suit everyone, regardless of preferences. A smart, iconic, beautiful story that will be remembered forever. 8 out of 10