@RATIO_RAT2026-01-05 10:00 UTC
Two solid hours of characters staring intensely out of rain-slicked windows. Brilliant work, The Shawshank Redemption.
1994 · Drama
The Shawshank Redemption
BURN INDEX · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED7%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 ROASTS REGISTERED
SALT SHAKER · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED13%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 SALT SHAKES LOGGED
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ICE COLD · STRUCTURALLY PERFECT
ICE COLD · 0–20%
Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
CERTIFIED COOKED · 71–100%
An absolute cinematic disaster.
No synopsis available. Probably for the best.
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RELEASE DATE
1994
RUNTIME
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GENRE
Drama
PLOT SUMMARY
Synopsis withheld out of mercy.
STARRING CAST
Cast information unavailable.
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@REEL_DEAL2026-01-02 18:00 UTC
Watched The Shawshank Redemption so you don't have to. You're welcome.
@ROW_F_REGRET2026-01-16 05:00 UTC
The Shawshank Redemption: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
@ENDING_LEAKS2026-01-22 17:00 UTC
If whispered monologues were currency, The Shawshank Redemption would settle the national debt.
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r/TrueFilm · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 4.2k points
Hot Take: The Shawshank Redemption's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Look, I wanted to love The Shawshank Redemption. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/boxoffice · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 2.7k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in The Shawshank Redemption?
Just got out of The Shawshank Redemption and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/flicks · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 0.8k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in The Shawshank Redemption actually is?
Rewatched The Shawshank Redemption last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/TrueFilm · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 1.9k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in The Shawshank Redemption?
Honestly, The Shawshank Redemption would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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