My Mom Watches THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION | Movie Reaction | First Time Watching | Brooks Was Here 

Red telling Andy that freedom was a shitty pipe dream only for Andy to escape through a shitty pipe is such great writing.

I respect how you tell your mom absolutely nothing regarding spoilers of the movie. Even when she asks you. Everyone needs to experience these movies spoiler free

I watched this movie with my mother, a woman who does not like cursing or violence in her movies, and she absolutely loved it. She said that you expect, or at least hope, that a prison movie would have a satisfying ending. You don't really expect it to have a "gloriously happy ending."

One of my favorite details in terms of filmography is the comparison between Brooks's release and Red's. As Brooks leaves the prison, the camera is in front of him so we see the prison behind him. His mind is still trapped there. When Red leaves, the camera is behind him, showing the outside world. He's got something to look forward to on the outside. He has hope.

Poor Andy, he didn't deserve to get thrown behind bars for something he never did. I was soo glad he managed to not only escape the prison but also to expose everything that went on over there

When Brooks releases Jake and tells him he’s “free”, it’s interestingly symbolic. Most wild animals that are raised from infancy to live as pets for so long end up lacking any knowledge or ability to fend for themselves when simply released into the wild, and frequently have even shorter life expectancies than always wild/feral animals.

It's also important to note that the word "redemption" in the film's title refers to Red, not Andy. Andy had nothing to redeem himself from, he was innocent. Red committed multiple killings (he damaged his wife's car brakes to kill her, but then she was driving with several other people who died in the car with her), so he had something to redeem himself from. There is one other thing in the novella that they didn't put in the movie. Shortly after Brook passes away, the prisoners find Jake dead on the grounds. He starved to death because he too was institutionalized and couldn't handle himself in freedom.

When Brooks left prison, the shot showed the prison behind him, showing he couldn't leave it. When Red left, the prison was behind him. It's one of the greatest mysteries for me why Frank isn't making more movies. He is just a brilliant film maker and story teller

Your mom is a treasure. I believe she said something like "I have faith because this is Stephen King" in reference to a happy ending. I thought, "Wellllllll......" Lol! Great reaction you two.

Your moms reaction was perfection 🥰 And her cussing 😆 I loved it ! Thank you for this reaction ❤️

A wonderful tale of humanism, friendship and hope with some karma to boot. Clearly a masterpiece, just like Stephen King's novel.

Your Mom is absolutely adorable! I love watching her reactions. She's also good about predicting where the plot is going. :)

This is one of the best movies I have ever seen, and watched it well over 25 times, the best movie NEVER to win an Oscar.

Nick, is it difficult to keep a straight face when your mom correctly predicts the plot twists?

A few years ago I was in an accident and I ended up 6 months in the hospital. Before my accident, all I did was spend my time in front of a computer, never went anywhere, did anything. I fought like hell in the hospital, I had to learn how to walk again and how to live with limited mobility. The whole time I was in the hospital, I kept repeating two quotes over and over to give myself strength. The birthday toast from The Count of Monte Cristo, and the "It takes 10 times longer to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart" from The Hunger Games series. When i Was finally home, finally out, finally free, my brother looked at me and said 'You're gonna have to take it slow' and I looked at him, smiled a bit and said "Get busy living, or get busy dying" Since I came out of the hospital almost 9 years ago, even though I have limited mobility, I went to France numerous times, I went to Chicago, Toronto, Rimouski, Halifax, Boston, New York and last April, finally, I visited Galaxy's edge at Disney world. I will not ever again get busy dying.

I agree with you. This is one of my top favorite movies. It just pulls you in and makes you cry. Both sad and happy tears.

The greatest motion picture of all time! Nominated for 7 Oscars including Best Picture, but lost to Forrest Gump.

I've just found this and glad I did, that was an excellent reaction and Mum you're sharp as a pin, you knew what was going on all the way through. I absolutely love this movie and thoroughly enjoyed watching this again with you two. Thank you both👏👏✌️

Stephen King. The undisputed master of storytelling. Soo wonderful. My favorite part is “Salvation lies within.” It’s such an amazing bit of foreshadowing. Simply amazing. Arguably the best movie ever made. A testament to friendship and HOPE. So glad you enjoyed it, Jen. There’s a term called “shawshanked” attributed to this movie. It refers to catching a movie in the middle, and staying for the rest, because anytime you come across this one…no matter what part it’s on, you HAVE to finish watching. Pretty accurate.

Incredible film. Saw it when it was brand new and it blew me away. Then I spent months trying to convince other people to see it with no luck. Watching it finally get the love it deserves a few years later made me feel like Andy in the rain

One of those movies that didn’t do very well at the box office, but I remember when I had scoliosis surgery in 1996, my hospital room had a Shawshank Redemption poster. The film basically launched Morgan Freeman’s career as a voice actor. Now he’s everywhere in that role and for good reason. I still see him as the perfect God movie character, too. I also like that Tim Robbins (of IQ, which you guys already saw) holds his own next to Freeman and it’s a crime neither of them were nominated for Oscars. Clancy Brown, who famously played The Kurgan in Highlander and Mr Krabs in SpongeBob, is terrific here too as the head guard. His voice alone is great for a villain and he’s a terrific actor. This is one of those movies that puts you through a lot for an amazing payoff.

You’re right, Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH. Great tours

There was a lot of foreshadowing that is often missed. A big one was when Red told Andy he was having a 'shitty pipe dream". In fact that is exactly what got him out.

Did mom and son notice the harmonica in the soundtrack, when Red found Andy's wall? Brilliant subtle detail.

This one was a fave of mine, loved Morgan, and Tim, one of their best!! Really enjoyed your reactions. Thanks for sharing!! 😎

The funniest piece of casting trivia is that Kevin Costner turned down the role of Andy to finish "Waterworld." Tom Hanks and Tim Cruise also passed on the role.

There’s a really cool bit of historical accuracy when Hadley is arrested. The cop arresting him is reading the Miranda Rights out of a little booklet because that year they were established and cops wouldn’t have had them memorized yet!

>Gasp!< Mum used the F-word! I haven't heard that ... ... since my mum passed away.

Red stopped telling the Parole Board what they wanted to hear, basically giving them an annual speech, and instead spoke from the heart. It made the parole officer finally engage with him. That made all the difference in finally being approved. It showed he'd actually given thought and consideration to his life and the consequences of his actions.

Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro " is one of my favorite operas. It's a heartfelt, comedic, and a case of infidelity, mistaken identity, and forgiveness. The aria on the recording is a beautiful moment in the opera.

What always hits me about Brooks being tossed out of prison is the cultural changes that have taken place since 1905. The US has had two World Wars,. The Wright Brothers flew two years before Brooks was incarcerated, but the first commercial flight occurred ten years after he went in. There were a few cars back in 1905, but now they're everywhere. There were telephones, but he's likely never experienced every home and business having a private phone line or a handset. Mainly, it's the social changes. Women got the vote; they commonly work jobs outside the home. Brooks can't walk the street without having to actively pay attention to his environment in ways most of us handle as thoughtless habit. And always the fear that he'll screw up and people will get mad at him. Most of his life he's never had to make a decision, and now people can't understand how he could struggle with that. And he's an ex-con; hard to develop friends...

The human spirit is a beautiful thing to witness in those moments of quiet desperation, where one among us refuses to give way to despair, choosing to dare to, in defiance, hope. To quote a man with words greater than any I have in this moment: "A man with a why can endure any how." Thank you for allowing me to experience this encapsulation of a man's journey to transcend injustice. A vicarious joy. I appreciate you taking the time to read my comment. Take care and God bless. ✝️

The reason for dropping Rita Hayworth’s name from the title is a very interesting story. Thank you for that bit if trivia.

Brooks was played by veteran Actor James Whitmore. Whose career spanned over 50 years. And of course the Movie was based on Stephen King's Novella: "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. Thus the movie of Hayworth and the Poster. The second poster Marilyn Monroe and the third Raquel Welch who the Wardon refers to as "Fuzzy Britches."

I really enjoy watching your videos together.

Yes, Stephen King wrote the short story, but it's Frank Darabont's incredible screenplay that deserves far more credit than it often gets for making this movie the masterpiece that it is.

i just never get tired of this movie!

Great reaction to a great film. The Brooks scene gets me every time, too. 😢 First time I saw it was on cable, about 15 minutes in. Loved it since then...maybe late 90s. Hope you guys watch another Stephen King based film, Dolores Claiborne, with Kathy bates as the title character. Cheers!

The man who played the head guard, played the sergeant in starship troopers

Brooks wrecks everyone. I was a grown 30 year old man when I saw this and cried.

The ending of the film was ambiguous - not knowing if Red would end up like Brooks or not. But preliminary audiences wanted Red and Andy to reunite, so Darrabont filmed the beach reunion scene and added it to the end before the movie was released.....superb cast, including the wonderful James Whitmore as Brooks.

I love that I have discovered your channel. You two have such great chemistry, funny, informative and really feel it from you. It also reminds me of beautiful times when me and my late mum would have movie nights. I think if she was alive today in the world of reaction videos she would have been all in. So you guys help fill that hole. I'm sure my mum is up there in the sky with her cloud popcorn having a jolly good time. Well done you two and great work.

Mom seemed to be one step ahead of this film but when she dropped that f bomb I nearly fell out of my chair.😂 I like when you can give mom tidbits about the movie as you go along. Love the channel! Thanks for the entertainment!

4.25 am here and I have unexplained insomnia. Hit me with that Shawshank goodness!

That was great. Seen it dozens of times, but really enjoyed watching with mom. You guys together doing these is pretty cool. Well done

This is one if the rare instances when the movie is better than the book, or short story as you will

I also have seen a lot of reaction to this movie over the years. Normally I fast forward to my favourite parts, but your mom is so nice, so I looked at every minute of this reaction! Love from Sweden!

You guys are so loveable, I love when people openly cry when watching movies! Shawshank Redemption is one of my most favourites of all time! Thank you for being you!

So many great things in this film, and it really rewards repeat viewings. On one of my more recent watches, I noticed the evolution of the parole board, from all white males to adding a woman in ‘67, as well as the difference in how they address Red, from abrupt to polite.

I love the reactions with your mum. ❤ from NZ 🙂

Happy tears indeed! Great reactions to this best of movies!

Thanks so much for the content guys! Absolutely love watching sweet, adorable Mom dropping “F” bombs completely engrossed in the story! 😂❤

You two never disappoint. 😊

I love Mom’s Canadian way of speaking! ❤️

I love watching reactions to this movie - thanks, both!

30:44 "Literally holy shit!" 😇

Great reaction Mom😊 I can't recall if you guys did Dolores Claiborne, another S.King story..it's great.

The most unbelievable thing in this movie is the warden actually posting Andy's letters

It was 1994 and Pulp Fiction was also nominated. I thought that was the best movie that year. I love this one, too!

Your mother is a smart woman. She predicted almost every big turn :D Nice!

"Sometimes you just gotta say Screw It" is the best reaction I've seen.

One of THE best movies ever made! ♥♥♥♥

G'Day. Shawshank was filmed in Mansfield, Ohio. The prison was the Ohio State Reformatory. The main building you see and Cell Block 1 are now a museum that you can tour. They also have Mystery Weekends, and for the brave; overnight stays in a cell. (rumored to be haunted). The street scenes, the Halfway House (the Bissman Building), and the market (E & B Market (now torn down) on 4th Street are in Mansfield. I was lucky to be an extra con in prison yard scenes. The premiere for the movie was held at Mansfield's Renaissance Theatre (a restored 1929 movie palace); then New York and Los Angeles. The prison was also used in the movie, "Tango & Cash", and the Russian Cell Block in the "American President". An interesting side note: In the winter months, crows fly in from 7 or 8 counties: there used to be granaries between town and the prison. I am now 75 with Parkinson's and don't get to go see movies much, so I like seeing reaction videos.

I love yall 2. I miss watching movies with my mom.

Loved this Jen and Nick. Brilliant 👏 reaction. Best wishes 🇮🇪

I didn't know about the Rita Hayworth story! See y'all are entertaining and informative 😉. Great reaction to an amazing film.

Mama says "ohhhh what a prick! What the F... now?!" 😂❤❤❤

subscribed! wonderful reaction and your mom is adorable. love it!

I think the Parole Board released Red and Brooks because they were elderly and not worth the expense of being incarcerated. Why keep an old con who is practically not threat versus a new, violent con with many years on his sentence?

" The Counte of Monte Cristo " is similar. That's one of the reasons they put that book in the movie when they were putting more books in the library.

Steven King sold the movie rights for 1 US$ to give an upcomming director a shot. He might have hated the movie like he did with The Shining, but he didn't care. Gave Frank Darabont his shot, and it lead to one of the greatest movies ever.

Mom is looking soooooo absolutely beautiful! That red is working on her! And you are such a handsome guy! Wish I wasn’t 50! Great reaction as always!❤

Mom sounds like a character out of Fargo, In a most positive way, Love the way she talks.

In about 2003 I was watching tv with my mom and looking for something that we both could tolerate. I happened upon the first Red parole hearing and suggested we watch it. I had seen the movie a dozen times or so by then, but my mom had only seen parts of it here and there. "Is it any good?" "I think you'll like it." As the movie went on she got so into it and she liked to guess what would happen like your mom (good job on her for guessing the carved out Bible), so she had a lot of fun with putting everything together. And of course the Brooks and Tommy deaths got to her, but then the escape and the end lifted her spirits like so many others. It was my favorite movie watching experiences ever. My mom died in 2021 and I miss her dearly, but watching Shawshank reaction videos (yours obviously especially hit home) brings me comfort. RIP Mom

Another reason the Warden didn't want to let Andy go is because he knew Andy had enough evidence to expose him.

Tears at the end, but different tears than "The Green Mile" Another good movie with a great twist is "L.A. Confidential" makes for a good reaction

They put the "i hear you're a man that knows how to get things" line in Skyrim for anyone who's played that..

I love your reaction. such a treasure.

It was edited out of your reaction but Morgan Freeman's son is actually in this movie twice: once in the picture as a young Red and once in the prison yard when Andy first arrived to Shawshank. He was the black inmate who was acting like was was handling a fishing rod.

Love the way you don't ruin it when your mum makes observations 😂 you should be playing poker with that face ❤️😅

James Whitmore plays the cop who finds the traumatized little girl in the classic Sci-Fi movie Them!

These kinds of movies (Green Miles, Shawshank etc) are immortal for something hard to describe. Virtuosity? It's composition of everything. Great story, outstanding direction and acting of actors, music, camera... The movie flow in very peaceful way, no big drama, no loud action scenes, no expensive visual effects. Just downearth simplicity but also complexity of everything. There is one more movie in this category you should watch. But this is not Hollywood production. It's masterpiece of Japan kinematography. I strongly recommend to watch it and I am also VERY curious for your reaction. The movie called Twilight Samurai. And main role is played by familiar face. Don't do research. Let be surprised ;) It really worth it. Very atypical "samurai" movie. So serene... And probably right because of that is best. Enjoy it!

The "Brooks was here" part is a test of if you have a soul. You passed.

I love this movie. Moves me to tears every time.

🤣 This "meme" is of a Brazilian actress in a soap opera scene. The actress is called Renata Sorrah and the character is Nazaré. She was a funny villain. 🤣

Great reaction. Your mom is a sweetheart. 😊

I completely respect your research. Look up James Whitmore: Brooks. He had an amazing career. He was also in 2001's The Majestic with Jim Carrey.

"Lawyer f****d me" "Yes, but what about the case?"

Tom Hanks was offered the role of Andy Dufresne, but he had to turn it down because he was working on Forrest Gump and James Cromwell was offered the role of the Warden, but he turned it down for some reason, I don't remember why. They both appeared the next year in the movie The Green Mile- Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb, the chief guard and James Cromwell as the Warden, Hal Moores. Jeffrey DeMunn (the Prosecuting Attorney at the beginning) and William Sadler (Heywood) and Brian Libby (Floyd) also appeared in The Green Mile. DeMunn played the guard Terwilliger, Sadler played Klaus Detterich, the father of the two girls that John Coffey was falsely accused of killing, and Libby played Sheriff McGee, the one that arrested John Coffee, and John Horton (The Judge that sentenced Andy) played a judge in another movie based on a Stephen King novel, Thinner. Several real life prison guards offered to give Clancy Brown advice on how to make his performance more realistic, but he turned them down because he was playing an evil character and he didn't want it to reflect negatively on any of them.

My all time favorite movie.

It always cracks me up seeing that they somehow let Tommy keep his leather jacket coming into prison.

Wow, that was excellent. A grand understatement. 😉

Mama’s so smart. Got most everything along the way. Mamas are like that ❤️ There’s a funny 😆 Family Guy, “you remember the name of the town?” Cleavland: … ? …..Dammit!!

This is going to seem random, but your Mum is a treasure. I lost my Mum two weeks ago and I just can't fathom it. I hope this isn't rude, I just wanted to say to treasure your wonderful mum for the gift that she is and spoil her. Sending nothing but good wishes. Thank you for your wonderful content.

Great Movie, Great Cast, Great Performances By Everyone In This Movie & Great Reaction Guy's

Enjoying your content, probably because I'm a mamas boy. This is BY FAR my favorite movie of all time.

Great movie

There are not only monsters behind the bars. The head of the guard and the director are undoubtedly among the monsters in front of the cells. The director definitely wouldn't have let Andy live. Shortly before the pension he had his uniformed executioner kill him. Andy the only witness to the machinations dead, no other witnesses, a perfect transition into retirement. He would certainly have been praised in the press and elsewhere for the “great” ideas he had. A masterpiece!!

My FAVORITE King adaptation.

Either your mum is a very perceptive woman or shes just like mine, a bloody fibber! 😂 I watched films with my mum as a kid into my early 20’s and I never caught on until watching misery. In the book Annie cuts off his feet not hobbling him as she does in the film, but about 10 minutes before she does it my mum was talking about cutting of his feet with an axe or something if she catches him getting out the room. It was so random and out the blue it stuck in my brain. I’ve never been a reader but I purposely bought a copy and read it to find out. Then all those times over the years she was slightly wrong it was because they changed the story for some reason. I was livid when I found out for about 10 minutes then I blamed myself for not realising earlier. I would occasionally reminder over the next 10 years but it brought the pair of us into fits of laughter many time! Miss You Mum!