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“It's a promising movie, just like the poster said: cowardice takes you to jail and wants to help you get free. When the movie starts, let Yu Tim? Robbins' banker, Andy Donald, was imprisoned for murdering his wife and her lover, and the debates over the law have made us inclined him to do this, but his post-jail performance has led to suspicions that he is innocent, a question that has not been answered for a long time.

But you can tell from many places, when Morgan? When Freeman played Red with Shawshenk Prison inmates drinking cool beer on the roof, the first theme of the movie came to light, and that's what we've been so tirelessly pursuing for so long - freedom.

Andy's slight change influenced the neighbors' view, and when the prison broadcast "Figaro's Wedding," when all the inmates on the playground were still listening, as Red narrated, we saw another theme - hope.

What he did was not pointless, as can be seen from Red's three parole hearings. The first time, he tried to get past customs; the second time, he was just dealing with things; and only the third time, after Andy escaped from prison, after the warden and prison guards were punished, he seemed to care nothing, but he understood a lot inside. So he got parole. The third theme of the film is thus expressed - redemption.

Now we should know that Andy is innocent, otherwise he would not have kept his little hopes, his hopes of freedom, in this dark prison. In fact, after two thirds of the scenes had passed, the truth about Andy's murder of his wife and her lover was finally revealed through the mouth of a young man imprisoned for theft. However, Andy's money-laundering warden, Norton, refused to let him go and eventually killed the young man in prison.

As a result, Andy escaped through the tunnels dug by the pebble hammer bought by Red, crossing the dirty river, washing away the sins and reborn on the other shore! The warden thus paid the price, and Red, who was saved and successfully released on parole, met again in Mexico and Andy.

Both Tim and Morgan showed excellent acting, Andy's steadiness and wisdom, Red's numbness and helplessness, and his final confession, all in their expressions and body language.

And of course, Adrian, the director, who produced two small, high-cost box offices in a year and succeeded in the European Film Festival, showed his skill and managed the audience's mood fluctuations just right, believing that everyone could not help but applaud Andy as he climbed through the sewer and escaped looking up into the sky in the rain. Coupled with his countless details in the movie, which made the whole movie even more interesting, he had to admit that he was a good storyteller. Anyway, it's a movie worth watching. ”

- The Washington Post, Wayne? Jackson.

This was the most iconic film in the newspaper the next day about Shawshenk's Redemption. Unlike Adrian's memory, most film critics praised the film.

This is because LaVerne, along with Universal's publicity credit, had nothing to do with Adrian's astonishing performance. The director of two small, high-cost box office films in a year was still the first, and his personal style varied at the same time. From "Two Big Smoke Guns" to "Memory Shards" to now "Shawshenk's Redemption", the three films had three different styles. It was amazing how many similarities but many different places.

Of course, the quality of Shawshenk's Redemption itself is excellent, otherwise the director's curriculum vitae would have been so astonishing that the means of propaganda would not have been so smart. But there must be praise and criticism, and don't forget what they said when he claimed that it was a "near perfect film”.

“Shawshenk's Redemption is a mediocre work, Tim? Robbins is more of a saint in prison than a prisoner, nagging Morgan? Freeman's always torturing the audience's ears with his voice-over.

Apart from the cunning of the warden and the perversion of some inmates, there are other cases of lack of goodwill. Of course, as the most important three scenes, earning beer on the roof, playing music privately, and eventually escaping are still some viewpoints, but loose plots can easily make people fall asleep before they see them.

Obviously, the director tries to express a lot of things in it: hope, freedom, redemption, institutionalization, etc., but the more things that are unfortunately expressed, the easier it is to express them poorly. A lot of directors have fallen on it, and Adrian won't be the exception, totally wasting Tim and Morgan's acting and Stephen? Kim's novel. Adrian is still too young, and I think he might as well keep making some more cl movies. ”

- Los Angeles Times, Clancy? Pope.

Again, this film critique can be seen as the most representative of criticized articles, with their main points of attack in three places: characters shaping deviations, relatively loose rhythms, and too much to express.

The criticisms appear to be very pertinent, but in the eyes of many, they do not stand, and some are considered deliberate pricks. In fact, it's not the fault of those who take movie critics seriously. The main thing is that some guys who write how to attract attention like the wind, who curse or criticize this kind of thing is inevitably addictive. Instead, they let Adriando some sympathizers.

Overall, there are still many positive reviews, although the advantages are not obvious enough to attract people to the cinema, and don't forget the sympathy score. It's just that North America's first weekend box office is not very satisfying, close to 23 million, and you know that Globe has reached out to almost 2,000 cinemas for "Shawshenk's Redemption." While it is not expected that 60 million boxes will be available in the first week like Terminator 2, the figure of around 23 million is very worrying.

But over time, this fear gradually dissipated. After Halloween, it entered November, and the second week's box office actually got 27 million! Most of the fans watched the movie in the theater and praised it, bringing many more people into the theater through the spoken word of it. As a result, the box office in the second week is higher than in the first.

As a result, the North American total box office is almost 50 million, which has basically saved the cost. If this momentum continues later, combined with the blessings of Toadrian's two previous films, Shawshenk's overseas distribution rights have been sold out early, and Worldwide will certainly make another fortune while taking back its investment.

As a result, in mid-November, Worldwide hosted a moderate-sized celebration feast at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills for the outstanding achievement of The Salvation of Shawshenk.

Well, finally, the first pit is going to be buried tomorrow. Come on, guys.