Mean Creek vs The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.9/10 for Mean Creek). Mean Creek is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 22m. The Shawshank Redemption is the older of the two (1994 against 2004). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mean Creek
The Shawshank Redemption| Mean Creek | The Shawshank Redemption | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 1994 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 2h 22m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jacob Aaron Estes | Frank Darabont |
| Main cast | Rory Culkin, Josh Peck, Carly Schroeder, Trevor Morgan, Shelly Lipkin | Clancy Brown, William Sadler, Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Ragno |
Synopsis
Mean Creek
Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their actions.
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
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