Dead Man Walking Details

A moving, sensitive and balanced film

This film tackles one of the most difficult subjects: the death penalty. A guilty man on death row who doesn't do himself any favours, an old-fashioned Christian advisor and the parents of the victimes (two teenagers). Tim Robbins treats everyone with the respect they deserve and doesn't fall into the trap of preaching. His approach is as sensitive as anyone could wish for. Both his protagonists are marvellous, understated and deeply touching. A very important film that will bring tears to your eyes. Hopefully, it should also make you think long and hard. Fantastic.

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Immensely powerful and moving film of a true story about a man on death row, befriended by a nun, after he wrote to her to ask her to write to him. It would be easy to say this is a rollercoaster of emotion but it is so much more than that. The film isn't a technical workout and is driven by some story driving acting throughout. I expected this to be an anti-death penalty film with simplistic moralising in it, but it is much more than that. It presents the facts, as they happened in real life and I cannot think of a film about this contentioius issue that does so as good as this.