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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   A-
Source Brief Review Grade*
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"The Shawshank Redemption is not a depressing story, although I may have made it sound that way." more... A-
filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
"The Shawshank Redemption is one of those films that is a true work of both art and magic." more... A  
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
"It's the no-bull performances that hold back the flood of banalities." more... A  
San Francisco Chronicle "Some of The Shawshank Redemption comes across as outrageously improbable. Yet the film keeps pulling you back with its sense of striving humanity slowly turning the tables against evil." more... A-
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
"A detailed portrait of the routine of cellblock life, The Shawshank Redemption might change a few minds about the usefulness of incarceration in terms of rehabilitation." more... A-
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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