Fresh
Simply marvelous entertainment.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
The Shawshank Redemption
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
1994 · 2h 22m · R
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Frank Darabont
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Frank Darabont Director
- Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne
- Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
- Bob Gunton as Warden Samuel Norton
- William Sadler as Heywood
- Clancy Brown as Captain Byron T. Hadley
- Gil Bellows as Tommy
- James Whitmore as Brooks Hatlen
- Mark Rolston as Bogs Diamond
- Jeffrey DeMunn as 1946 D.A.
- Larry Brandenburg Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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, TIME Magazine
Fresh
A testament to the human spirit...
Leonard Klady, Variety
Fresh
A passing reference to 'The Count of Monte Cristo' offers a partial clue to what makes this movie compelling.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
...a throwback to the kind of serious, literate drama Hollywood used to make.
Derek Adams, Time Out
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