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This acclaimed film traces the relationship between a death-row inmate and the local nun to whom he turns for spiritual guidance in the days leading up to his scheduled execution. Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) has been convicted of the rape and murder of two young lovers and is awaiting execution. Susan Sarandon plays Sister .. Read more

Starring	Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond Barry
Director	Tim Robbins
Genres	Drama

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Critic's review of Dead Man Walking
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- "...A highly intriguing drama....An intimate chamber piece for two, superbly acted by Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn....[A] mature, well-crafted movie..."
- 9350
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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  - 3
  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 ... read more »
  
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  - Marianthi
  - London
  - 26 Jan 2004 at 23:53
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  - 0
  Acting at it's best!
  
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  Brilliant acting by both Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. The film was a little different in parts to the book. Somehow it portrayed Sister Helen Prejean as a ... read more »
  
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  - 15 Sep 2011 at 21:11
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  Walking the walk but not preaching
  
  A film which pulls in all directions. Whilst the viewer is slowly sucked into the underlying story, the facing story of a bad man going to a better place takes ... read more »
  
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- - Platospupil
  - 70 reviews
  - 23 Jul 2011 at 20:08
- - 1
  - 0
  Sean Penn is brilliant
  
  What a fabulous film!! This film is sad, amazing and brilliant all in one go. All though it is a very long film I can surely say I enjoyed it and I wouldn't... read more »
  
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- - fazzlebibi
  - 21 reviews
  - Stoke-on-Trent
  - 11 Feb 2011 at 14:52
- - 2
  - 0
  Totally Thought-provoking
  
  A brilliant portrayal of the situation of a condemned man awaiting the consequences of his actions, and the problems of anyone in America who might dare to ... read more »
  
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  - Sandhurst
  - 25 Jun 2010 at 21:23
- - 1
  - 1
  Quite enjoyable!
  
  I love Sean Penn's acting in all his films, I think he always makes his characters believable. Susan Sarandon is not bad but she could have been better. The... read more »
  
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- - blackgal
  - 211 reviews
  - Worksop
  - 29 May 2010 at 08:27
- - 1
  - 0
  Dead Man Walking
  
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  Moving drama covering a topic that's hard to handle, Death Row.
  
  Penn and Sarandon are excellent as the doomed man and the nun that tries to ... read more »
  
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- - RussnEmma
  - 320 reviews
  - Kent, England
  - 18 Apr 2010 at 07:41
- - 0
  - 0
  Well worth a watch
  
  Would recommend this one. It makes you think long and hard without preaching. Watch the trailer, it gives a good overview.
  
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- - Jackie1
  - 4 reviews
  - Ely
  - 12 Apr 2010 at 13:45
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  - 0
  Good but not Excellent
  
  Dead Man Walking takes a poignant look at the death penalty debate, however instead of addressing the usual for and against perspectives, this film looks at the... read more »
  
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- - darkernite
  - 17 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Mar 2010 at 23:41
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  - 0
  "An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi
  
  For me, Dead Man Walking is the most compelling and convincing film I've seen against the death penalty. It is also incredibly fair, balanced and unbiased, ... read more »
  
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- - danieljparsons
  - 113 reviews
  - Ashford
  - 02 Jan 2010 at 16:28
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  - 0
  Really enjoyed it!
  
  I thought the film was great.It was really well acted by Sean Pean. He was brilliant asusal and had me totally in the film with him.
  
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  - Ascot
  - 09 Apr 2009 at 22:32
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- - 30
  - 3
  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 ... read more »
  
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- 1197
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Marianthi
  - London
  - 26 Jan 2004 at 23:53
- - 10
  - 0
  Make your own decision
  
  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... read more »
  
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  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 22 Aug 2005 at 18:26
- - 9
  - 0
  great man walking
  
  "Dead Man Walking" is a class act from start to finish. A slow burner to begin with but it creeps up on you unawares and suddenly you are gripped. The... read more »
  
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- - johnnyfraudster
  - greater london
  - 30 Jan 2004 at 18:55
- - 9
  - 2
  Excellent Film
  
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  This is a powerful, well acted film about the relationship between a tattooed, racist dirtbag (Sean Penn) on Death Row for a ... read more »
  
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  - Crowthorne, England
  - 25 May 2005 at 16:22
- - 3
  - 0
  wonderful film this
  
  Oh this is such a great film and acting is absolutely superb. It stayed on my mind for quite a while afterwards.
  
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  - Cheltenham
  - 14 Dec 2004 at 17:26
- - 3
  - 1
  Slightly sickly
  
  I have a keen interest in death row but am undecided as to whether I’m pro or con - this film is definitely against. Slightly sickly but well acted and an ... read more »
  
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- - Leatherface
  - Avon
  - 04 Mar 2004 at 12:38
- - 3
  - 1
  Awful
  
  What a waste of time this film was. I skipped through so many scenes as I was quite bored. I normally love Penn, Sarandon and Robbins however this was not a ... read more »
  
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  - Harpenden
  - 22 Apr 2008 at 12:36
- - 4
  - 3
  Dead man walking - deffinatley
  
  I was looking foward to a Sean Penn movie but this was kind of boring! The characters weren't very interesting or intriguing and it just dragged on. It ... read more »
  
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  - Twickenham, England
  - 21 Apr 2006 at 19:42
- - 2
  - 0
  Totally Thought-provoking
  
  A brilliant portrayal of the situation of a condemned man awaiting the consequences of his actions, and the problems of anyone in America who might dare to ... read more »
  
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  - Sandhurst
  - 25 Jun 2010 at 21:23
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  - 1
  A little mawkish and uncomfortable
  
  To look at the death penalty in the form of film a more educated and informed viewing could take in the Life of David Gale. However, that doesn't mean this ... read more »
  
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- - NEEDTOGETALIFE
  - Cheshire
  - 20 Aug 2004 at 22:00

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Critics' reviews
- "...A highly intriguing drama....An intimate chamber piece for two, superbly acted by Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn....[A] mature, well-crafted movie..."
- 9350
- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...A genuine sense of consolation....Profoundly moving....Sarandon has never been better...and Penn gives by far his finest performance to date..."
- 9349
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...[Breaks] into a terrain that can only be described as spiritual. DEAD MAN WALKING is a bold, searching, wrenching experience..." -- Rating: A
- 9346
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- A tense and gripping meditation on death and the taking of lives, handled with sensitivity and an avoidance of sensationalism.
- 31129
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- Sister Helen Prejean (Sarandon) is a nun who works with the mainly black poor. When she first visits the Louisiana... read more on Time Out
- 44329
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...Prodigious performances in an unsparing movie....Acting doesn't get much better than this..."
- 9348
- - Rolling Stone
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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  This acclaimed film traces the relationship between a death-row inmate and the local nun to whom he turns for spiritual guidance in the days leading up to his scheduled execution. Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn) has been convicted of the rape and murder of two young lovers and is awaiting execution. ...