The Shawshank Redemption
Taste attributes: crimedramahistoricalslowunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphsunlikely connections
"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."
Boxlist takeA serious, unhurried crime drama: gritty and intimate. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis
Framed 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.
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- Genre
- Crime
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 142 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Castle Rock Entertainment
- Taste scores
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