The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie of all time. I love it. I'm crazy for it. So on my 10th Anniversary DVD, I saw this little short and I decided to watch it and maybe get a good laugh. I didn't.
I popped this in because I had read that it was a good parody of a great film. I watched the whole thing and from beginning to end, I was horrified. I had read also in the trivia section for Shawshank that Alfonso Freeman had several cameo's in Shawshank, and when I saw his name appear on screen in Sharktank, I thought I would enjoy him. I didn't. His acting is one of the worst performance's I've ever had to watch on screen. His character is essentially Red from Shawshank, and he portrays his father's role terribly.
This short is horrible. The acting is terrible, the jokes are stupid, the music made me cringe--its a cheap rip off of the films amazing score. The whole thing is just so horrible. As a Shawshank fan and a huge cinema fan, as well as an aspiring filmmaker, I was so disappointed with this. Its terrible from the opening credits to the end credits. If you're a Shawshank fan, try not to give into temptation and watch this terrible short on your DVD. Its not worth it.