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Rating: 10/10 (9 September 2015)

The Shawshank Redemption garnered widespread critical acclaim from critics and has a "certified fresh" score of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 64 reviews with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10. The critical consensus states "The Shawshank Redemption is an uplifting, deeply satisfying prison drama with sensitive direction and fine performances." [19] The film also has a score of 80 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 19 critics indicating "generally favorable reviews'.[20] It is currently rated an average of 9.3[21] out of 10 on IMDb by almost 1.4 million voters making it the highest rated movie on the website. The film has been critically acclaimed for depicting Jean-Paul Sartre's ideas about existentialism more fully than any other contemporary movie