Dead Man Walking

I can not understand or comprehend with Hollywoods facination with glorifying the bad, and making them seem good! The whole movie the victim's families are portrayed as being wrong, and Poncelet is shown as being victimized, and just a man who... Full review

Ugh. Some dude tortures and rapes two innocent people, but somehow a normal and sane person is supposed to sympathize because he about to die on death row? Oh, boo-hoo. This movie is a waste of celluloid. And what a suprise... Full review

This is the movie I always say is my favourite. Always comes first to mind; even if I saw The Gladiator 13 times in the theatres! You have the acting of course and the fact that it is based on reality.... Full review

'It's easy to kill a monster, but it's hard to kill a human being.'Set in St. Thomas Housing Project and Angola Prison in New Orleans, "Dead Man Walking" is the true story of Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon), a Louisiana nun... Full review

This is probably Susan serandan's best performance ever. She shines in this well this well told true story. A gem of a film. Great supporting cast helps here. A crime drama/thriller like no other. The Prison scenes are first rate. A... Full review

It was an amazing true story. Susan Sarandon & Sean Penn portrayed the two characters in such a realistic way that it captured our attention the whole way through the movie. I would highly recommend this movie!!... Full review

This movie is awesome with Susan Sarandon. Of course, almost everyone in the USA knows her. She's an good actress. Very excellent actress. This movie is also good with Sean Penn. Also, this woman played an catholic woman and she prayed... Full review

Dredfully boring film. I like Tim Robbins, but this movie was awful. Characters were NOT interesting nor likable. Couldn't wait for end, which made it seem as if I was on death row.... Full review

I was fully prepared to hate this movie, thinking it would be another oversimplified Hollywood attack on the death penalty. As it turned out, the film didn't oversimplify anything, portraying both sides of the issue in powerful, heart-wrenching force. Sean Penn... Full review

This movie is an awsome movie. I cried like a little baby it is just so beautifully done, and over all an awsome movie and to that we hold.... Full review

While not likely to tear the roof off the sucker, the sound design in Dead Man Walking is quiet and effective, but layered and complex. FINAL THOUGHTS: One of the most thoughtful and moving films of the last decade, Dead Man Walking approaches an important modern issue in a way that few films have tried. ... Full Review

For this kind of straight-ahead movie to work, the acting must be strong without even a breath of theatricality, and in Penn and Sarandon, "Dead Man Walking" has performers capable of making that happen. In fact, "Dead Man Walking" is weakest in not expanding on Sister Helen's reasons for persevering with a case that is causing difficulty with almost everyone close to her. ... Full Review

As fine as all of those movies are, there is nothing to prepare us for the power and effective use of cinematic storytelling that is evident in "Dead Man Walking. The result is a profoundly affecting film that will touch you deeply and perhaps even prompt you to re-examine your notions about the issues at hand. ... Full Review

Dead Man Walking is a bold, searching, wrenching experience. It may be the most complexly impassioned message movie Hollywood has ever made. But Tim Robbins' DEAD MAN WALKING (Gramercy, R) may be a special case. ... Full Review

Sarandon is a wonderful actress, so confident in her abilities that she is willing to give just the kind of quiet and unflashy performance warranted here. WITH A gravity-defying pompadour and a virility-proclaiming goatee, Sean Penn is Matthew Poncelet, a convicted killer waiting for execution in Tim Robbins' troubling and troubled "Dead Man Walking. ... Full Review

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