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The Shawshank Redemption review
A banker sentenced to life finds a way to stay human inside a system built to strip that away. Darabont's adaptation is patient, unfashionably sincere…
★★★★★ 5.0/5
Frank Darabont
Darabont began as a screenwriter and spent years protecting his adaptation of Stephen King's novella before directing it himself. His work is characterised by patience, unfashionable sincerity, and a strong interest in institutional settings and the people trying to remain human inside them.
Signature and approach
- Patient pacing and long takes
- Institutional settings as moral pressure
- Adaptations of Stephen King material
- Sincerity deployed without irony
- 1Films reviewed
- 98.0Average score
- 1959Born
- American-FrenchNationality
Films by Frank Darabont in our collection
Ordered by release date. Every entry links to the full review.
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Filmography reviewed
Year, genre, runtime and score for each film.
| Film | Year | Genre | Runtime | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Shawshank Redemption | 1994 | Drama | 142 min | 98 |
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