The Shawshank Redemption

        - Fear can hold your prisoner. Hope can set you free.

Over the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.

Actors:

Tim Robbins

Morgan Freeman

Bob Gunton

William Sadler

Clancy Brown

Other info:

Director:         Frank Darabont

Producer: Niki Marvin

Running time: 142 minutes

Age rating: R

Genre:                           Drama

Release date: 23 September 1994

Budget:         $25 million

Box Office: $28,906,619

IMDb rating: 9.3 / 10

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%

Our Experience

Rating:        9,8/10

Before I knew that the rest of the world also see this movie as one of the best movies of all time, I have loved this movie already. It's slow enough to make sure you get the story and have time to put the pieces together, before revealing an ending you still didn't see coming. It's raw, but filled with hope.

And for me, hope - no matter how small - has the power to dispel the darkest darkness.

Although there are some disturbing scenes, and it is rated R, I have shown this movie to my kids since they were small. There's worse stuff on TikTok or YouTube or even on the news. But this one has hope.

Audience Suggestion & Guidance

Age: All, but with guidance

Swearing:   2/10

Profanity:   Yes

Violence:   4/10

Thinking/Twist factor: 4/10

Blood & Gore:   N/A

Scary factor:   3/10

Nudity:   N/A

Sex:   Implied sexual violence

Synopsis:

In early 1947, Portland, Maine, banker Andy Dufresne arrives at Shawshank State Prison to serve two consecutive life sentences for murdering his wife and her lover. He is befriended by Ellis "Red" Redding, a contraband smuggler serving a life sentence, who procures a rock hammer and a large poster of Rita Hayworth for Andy. Assigned to work in the prison laundry, Andy is frequently raped by "the Sisters" prison gang and their leader, Bogs Diamond.

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