The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

109 out of 143 people found the following review helpful:

The Gaping Vent of a Sewer.

A Customer from Clunton, Shropshire., 29th May, 2007

Artificially sentimental, naive and dispiritingly predictable, The Shawshank Redemption is a fatuous Hollywood fairy tale, about as realistic about prison life as Pretty Woman was to prostitution. The story of Tim Robbins vacant saint is varnished over by Morgan Freeman's banal, cliche ridded voiceover and it's a film that refuses to make you think but indulges our basic notions of revenge and justice. It's TV-movie morality, Porridge is a more realistic portrayal of life behind bars and the interaction between inmates. I would plead to those who love this ridiculously implausible film to educate themselves about cinema. Starting with Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped might be a good idea.

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35 out of 48 people found the following review helpful:

The spandex pants of prison movies

Supergojira from from Houston, 9th June, 2007

I must have argued against the banal, cliche ridden gloop infested dungheap this movie is at least 100 times whenever people talk about their favourite movie, I really am lost to what its hold over people is, pokemon is more realistic than this typically sentimental American embarassment.

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31 out of 34 people found the following review helpful:

Simply Stunning!

Rob & Fiona Stanley from Hull, England, 27th February, 2004

First and foremost, please do your best to disregard our friend Austin's comments in the reviews for this title.

Obviously, this chap can't have understood the film very well, or has little notion of what true friendship in the face of adversity is really all about.

We've seen this film countless times (though never on DVD), and have never tired of it's inspirational and uplifting message of hope.

If this is the first time you've seen this title, we can practically guarantee that you'll want to buy a copy of your very own after you've returned it!

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27 out of 34 people found the following review helpful:

Hollywood horror

Daniel Smith from London, 10th February, 2008

This film is complete emotional schlock. It's stolen all the emotional chords from other people's classic ballads and strung them together into a nauseating newspaper give-away compilation disc of a movie.

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Supa Dupa Film

darkblaze from , 5th March, 2010

Even though it took me 16 years to finally see this movie, it sure was worth the wait. Truly Awesome!! Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman both played great roles, and compliment each other well...a true classic!!

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Disney Does Prison Movie

A Customer from London, 15th February, 2010

Possibly....Probably....Actually definitley ....the worst piece of over senitamental rubbish to make it onto a hit movie list. The only thing that could have made it more unbearable was having Adam Sandler in it.

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Classic

daveywavey from , 10th February, 2010

Watched this so many times I could probably quote the whole thing...

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The Shawshank Redemption

A Customer from England, 4th February, 2010

An excellent film. It was recommended to me but I wasn't sure about it. I thiught it was brilliant.

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