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By James Brundage (61) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 30 Oct 2004

The Shawshank Redemption is one of those films that is a true work of both art and magic…

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By Rafe Telsch (25) for CinemaBlend (829) on 17 Oct 2004

One of the few movies that has come out in my lifetime that I consider a classic film…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 26 Sep 2004

The Shawshank Redemption sprawls out over a leisurely 142 minutes, operating with the same unflagging patience of its protagonist…

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By Nev Pierce (205) for BBC.com (1,500) on 13 Sep 2004

Freeman, in particular, is exceptional. His performance is so unshowy it can easily go unnoticed, but it's the soul of Shawshank…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 08 Apr 2004

Shouldering a laconic-good-guy, neo- Gary Cooper role, Robbins never quite makes emotional contact with the audience…

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By Michael Dequina (1,684) for TheMovieReport.com (1,582) on 13 Jan 2004

Flawlessly acted and directed, this film packed the strongest emotional wallop out of any film [in 1994]…

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By Janet Maslin (949) for New York Times (5,786) on 19 May 2003

Without a single riot scene or horrific effect, it tells a slow, gentle story of camaraderie and growth, with an ending that abruptly finds…

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By Steven Snyder (233) for Zertinet Movies (219) on 05 Mar 2003

The Shawshank Redemption is most memorable thanks to its ingenious surprises…

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By Shannon J. Harvey (76) for Sunday Times (Australia) (102) on 10 Feb 2003

One of the late 90s best - and most popular - films, this tale of enduring hope can be enjoyed in repeated viewings…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for Netflix (481) on 07 Nov 2002

By blanketing the prison experience with a sepia-tone haze of nostalgia and placing it in a time that's part history, part Normal Rockwell,…

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By Kevin N. Laforest (610) for Montreal Film Journal (589) on 09 Sep 2002

The Shawshank Redemption will instantly become a favorite of anyone who watches it…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 25 Aug 2002

Powerful drama that reminds us that hope is a precious and buoyant emotion that can give our lives substance and meaning…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 08 Aug 2002

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…

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By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 26 Feb 2000

This is simply marvelous entertainment that breathes life into a genre that I thought had been dead for a decade-the prison picture…

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By Peter Stack (261) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Feb 2000

Some of The Shawshank Redemption'' comes across as outrageously improbable…

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By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Jan 2000

It wanders down subplots at every opportunity and ignores an abundance of narrative exit points before settling on the aforementioned finale…

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By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Jan 2000

It's a devoutly old-fashioned, spiritually uplifting prison drama about two lifers who must break their emotional shackles before they can…

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By Brian Webster (658) for Apollo Guide (1,430) on 01 Jan 2000

When the film's conclusion starts to unfold, you suddenly realize that this is one of the more inspiring films you've seen in a long time -…

Review of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

By Chris Hicks (618) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 01 Jan 2000

Shawshank is what might be described as an ethereal prison picture, if that's not an oxymoron…

Review of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 01 Jan 2000

This is a film with excellent production values almost without exception…

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