Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Powerful

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

One of the greatest filmed examples of unconditional love ever. Robbins explores the effect our social standing & class position can have on our future, our behavior, & our decisions. It empathizes with Penn but never lets him off the hook, even at the very end. He is forgiven, but responsible. He is punished, yet freed. Sarandon is as masterful as ever, & Penn's ultimate confession to her is full of striking truth & palpable liberty.

Not a religious movie, not an anti-death penalty movie, but a movie about redemption. About pain, and how it affects different people. "Dead Man Walking" strikes this fine balance between sympathy and personal justice. With no real agenda of it's own, the characters all have their own ways of coping with what's happened to them, whether it be Penn hiding behind his ego, or Ermey wanting the death penalty. The film stays as neutral as it can when covering a controversial topic like this. It doesn't ask you to pick sides, or condemn those who think different, but more understand where both sides are coming from. I can see both sides of the death penalty argument, and I hope I never have to decide personally, but this doesn't portray Penn's character as an animal, more of just a person who's done something bad. He comes off as more ignorant than anything else, foolish, racist, but still a human being, and the scene where he finally admits to what part he played in the crime got some tears out of me, I'm not gonna lie. It's a sad movie, but also an inspiring one, and I think everyone should at least see it once, just to see how both sides of a subject can be portrayed

I've only just seen the film recently. I'm a huge fan of Sean Penn and I'm so disappointed I waited so long to watch this! Susan Sarandon plays a Sister nun who helps Sean Penn's Character before he gets killed by lethal injection. She is very empathetic and forgiving to him and tries to get him to admit what he done and ask the murdered victims families for forgiveness. In the film she is met with criticism from her own family and the victims families because of her close bond with Matthew Poncelet. However she tries to be there for both sides, him and their families because she isn't taking sides, she just wants to bring god and healing to them all.

An emotional trial is "Dead Man Walking", the 1995 film currently available on NetFlix Instant Download Streaming. It was produced by Tim Robbins, and it was written and directed by Tim Robbins. It is based on the book by Helen Prejean. Much of the story is reflective of the 1958 classic with Rita Hayward, "I Want To Live". The actors include Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky Raymond J. Barry, R. Lee Emey, Celia Weston, Lois Smith, Scott Wilson, Roberta Maxwell, Margo Martindale, Barton Heyman, Steve Boles, Nesbitt Blaisdell and Ray Aranha. The story is that of the final days on death row for an inmate, Mathew Poncelet, played by Sean Penn. Susan Sarandon plays Sister Helen Prejean who consoles Poncelet during his final days and hours. I gave it 7 stars. Dale Haufrect