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SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

FRANK DARABONT United States, 1994
Hollywood Reporter
Lynch's Hollywood is a grand old girl, but she's one with some very treacherous curves. To trace the contours of her sensuality, you need a camera as sensitive as a set of fingertips. Lynch's is.
DUANE BYRGE
September 23, 2016
Chicago Tribune
Simply marvelous entertainment.
GENE SISKEL
January 16, 2013
EMPIRE
If you don't love Shawshank, chances are you're beyond redemption.
IAN NATHAN
June 15, 2011


Time Out
...a throwback to the kind of serious, literate drama Hollywood used to make.
DEREK ADAMS
June 24, 2006
Chicago Sun Times
If the film is perhaps a little slow in its middle passages, maybe that is part of the idea, too, to give us a sense of the leaden passage of time, before the glory of the final redemption.
ROGER EBERT
January 01, 2000
Slant
Beaches for straight men.
ED GONZALEZ
October 16, 2004


Reel Views
The Shawshank Redemption is all about hope and, because of that, watching it is both uplifting and cathartic.
JAMES BERARDINILLI
January 01, 2000
Austin Chronicle
At times poignant, joyful, and terrifying, Shawshank Redemption is an altogether brilliant movie and the debut of an equally brilliant director.
MARC SAVLOV
January 01, 2000
San Fransisco Chronicle
Cinematic alchemy of a kind that's all too rare, propelled by a supremely talented cast, a sumptuous score by Thomas Newman and a first-rate script and direction from first-timer Frank Darabont.
ZAKI HASAN
October 01, 2019


TIME
Freeman, who is simply a great actor, a man who has never struck a false note in his career, both narrates this tale and anchors it with his authoritative playing.
RICHARD SCHICKEL
June 15, 2011
Reader
A passing reference to 'The Count of Monte Cristo' offers a partial clue to what makes this movie compelling.
JONATHAN ROSENBAUM
June 28, 2007
entertainment Weekly
With his gift for rapt pauses, for caressing just the right syllable, Freeman can make a speech like that sound like one of the philosophical nuggets of the ages.
OWEN GLEIBERMAN
September 10, 1994