The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Reviews & Ratings

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The Shawshank Redemption reviews

The Shawshank Redemption holds a 8.7/10 average from 31,473 TMDB ratings.

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— elshaarawy (9/10)

Some birds aren't meant to be caged. The Shawshank Redemption is written and directed by Frank Darabont. It is an adaptation of the Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, the film portrays the story of Andy Dufresne (Robbins), a banker who is sentenced to two life sentences at Shawshank State Prison for apparently murdering his wife and her lover. Andy f…
— John Chard (10/10)

Make way for the best film ever made people. **Make way.**
— tmdb73913433 (6/10)

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

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