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- Dead Man Walking has great performances, relevant messages about life and controversial topics like the death penalty, and a fine story. However, the movie can be overly sentimental at times, plus it could've been cut a good 10 minutes. Nonetheless, it's worth a watch.
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Jan 12, 1996 · Take your choice: (1) The prisoner is really innocent, and Sister Helen leads his 11th-hour defense as justice is done; (2) They fall in love with one another, she helps him escape, and they go on a doomed flight from the law; or, less likely, (3) She converts him to her religion, and he goes to his death praising Jesus.
Definitely a thinker, this movie. Most people's reactions would be to hang Poncelet high and never look back, but it was the Sister's power of grace and forgiveness for such a horrific act that shows the audience the other side of capital punishment.
A powerful, thought-provoking film that covers different angles of its topic without resorting to preaching, Dead Man Walking will cause the viewer to reflect regardless of their political ...
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- Tim Robbins
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- Susan Sarandon
Intense '90s death-penalty drama has cursing, violence. Read Common Sense Media's Dead Man Walking review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Tim Robbins
- Barbara Shulgasser-Parker
- Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky
It may be tough to watch at times, given the raw emotions that are laid bare, but Dead Man Walking remains relevant even today. A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
- Adam Nelson
- Tim Robbins
Dec 29, 1995 · Dead Man Walking has great performances, relevant messages about life and controversial topics like the death penalty, and a fine story. However, the movie can be overly sentimental at times, plus it could've been cut a good 10 minutes. Nonetheless, it's worth a watch.
Dead Man Walking is a 1995 American crime drama film starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, and co-produced and directed by Tim Robbins, who adapted the screenplay from the 1993 non-fiction book of the same name.
