The Shawshank Redemption

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2 hr. 22 min.

Drama

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89%

140 Reviews

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98%

250,000+ Ratings

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Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However, only Andy knows he didn't commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), experiences brutality of prison life, adapts, helps the warden, etc., all in 19 years.

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Critics Consensus

Steeped in old-fashioned storytelling and given evergreen humanity by Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, The Shawshank Redemption chronicles the hardship of incarceration patiently enough to come by its uplift honestly.

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John

The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie. Nothing better than watching this classic film on the big screen. Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins are at their best. The music of Thomas Newman is remarkable in the theater. An amazing movie experience!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/21/24

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Jonathan L

One of the greatest movies of all time it was tremendous to see it on the big screen as it was meant to be seen, as an electric roller coaster ride.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/21/24

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Matheus p

Esse filme é um exemplo de filme perfeito! A jornada do protagonista é contada de maneira magistral. A fotografia é boa, a direção é otima e o roteiro é brilhante. Não há como esse não ser o melhor filme de todos os tempos.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/23/24

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Kirk L

One of, If not the greatest film of all time. Every scene in this movie is pure perfection.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/21/24

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Jason R

Great film, what's more to say? watch it if you haven't yet

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Bruce D

I can watch this movie any day of the week. Truly a fantastic movie of Hope Perseverance and not giving up.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Frank Darabont

Director

Tim Robbins

Andy Dufresne

Morgan Freeman

Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding

Bob Gunton

Warden Samuel Norton

William Sadler

Heywood

Clancy Brown

Captain Byron Hadley

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Jonathan Romney

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If this is a feel-good movie -- and by the end it certainly is -- then at least it challenges us to dig deep for those good feelings when everything inside those mausoleum walls is unrelievedly harsh and grey.

Mar 4, 2024

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

The Shawshank Redemption is both resigned and inspirational, grittily realistic and vaguely surreal, matter-of-fact and operatic. Somehow, these opposites are combined into a remarkably smooth and lyrical composition.

Mar 4, 2024

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Adam Mars-Jones

Independent (UK)

The sad thing is that The Shawshank Redemption, a so-so film, would have made a terrific little movie. A pacier project would have given us less time to notice sentimentalities.

Mar 4, 2024

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Malcolm Johnson

Hartford Courant

Next to Stand By Me, The Shawshank Redemption ranks as the strongest, purest film ever made from a novel or novella by Stephen King, a monster film where the horrors are frighteningly human.

Rated: 3.5/4

Mar 4, 2024

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Yardena Arar

Los Angeles Daily News

It's Robbins and Freeman who carry the film, working around the most predictable moments with simple understatement.

Mar 4, 2024

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William Arnold

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The acting is so strong, so seductive in The Shawshank Redemption that you almost don't notice this epic prison drama isn't all that good.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 4, 2024

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Synopsis

Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to a tough prison. However, only Andy knows he didn't commit the crimes. While there, he forms a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), experiences brutality of prison life, adapts, helps the warden, etc., all in 19 years.

Director: Frank Darabont
Executive Producer: Liz Glotzer, David V. Lester
Screenwriter: Frank Darabont
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment
Rating: R (Prison Violence|Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 1, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 15, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $27.3M
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby A, Stereo, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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