Should you watch The Shawshank Redemption?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Shawshank Redemption
Film · 1994
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.
The sides of The Shawshank Redemption
- A friendship across decades
- Hope behind prison walls
- A quiet man nobody can read
The Shawshank Redemption is good for you if…
- you like an ending that makes you cry for good reasons.
- you watch for two men slowly becoming friends.
- you like a story that takes years, patiently, to pay off.
The Shawshank Redemption is bad for you if…
- prison violence and abuse are too hard for you to watch.
- you want action. This is a slow, patient story.
About: hope · freedom · time · friendship
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