Dead Man Walking
Directed by Tim Robbins
A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
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- Joe MFebruary 2, 2026Does a pretty good job at masking the deed of a child rapist/murderer so you get choked up and second guess capital punishment. I kept waiting for a twist, but it was pretty straightforward and boring.
- Yvonne GonzalezOctober 25, 2025Such a grateful movie Sean Penn wow and Susan great great movie I truly recommend this
- cultfilmlikerJune 4, 2025Starting off with an emotional Eddie Vedder performance in ‘95 💪🏼💪🏼 Tim Robbins directing a movie set in a prison is so odd. He just can’t get enough! Ngl the “giving a ticket to a nun” scene was hilarious That countdown was the most strangely sickening thing. Disgusting. Incredible cast. SURPRISE JACK BLACK APPEARANCE! And Bobby from Scary Movie! lol did feel like Susan was overacting a little bit but please don’t tell her I said that. Phenomenal direction too! The subtleties during the dialogue were 👌🏼 Good writing! I think this inspired my favorite, most devastating episode of Law & Order “Aftershock”. That episode make me bawl every time but it’s so good!! The assertion that defending a person’s life is bad and therefore communist is quite telling! Good god how we brainwashed the West Sad that the idea that maybe we don’t need capital punishment is still unfeasible for a large number of Americans! Should be required viewing for the hell-bent revengers advocating for death on behalf of a massacre-victim who is a teacher whose class I threw up in once in elementary school! Also can attest from experience that having a family member in prison for an extended sentence is not easy either! Watched bc Mulaney talked about Sean Penn’s performance on his show last week. Not disappointed! Added to The One True Religion
Dead Man Walking Trivia
Dead Man Walking was released on December 29, 1995.
Dead Man Walking was directed by Tim Robbins.
Dead Man Walking has a runtime of 2h 2m.
Dead Man Walking was produced by Tim Robbins, Jon Kilik, Rudd Simmons.
A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
The key characters in Dead Man Walking are Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon), Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn), Hilton Barber (Robert Prosky).
Dead Man Walking is rated R.
Dead Man Walking is a Drama, Crime film.
Dead Man Walking has an audience rating of 8.6 out of 10.
Dead Man Walking had a budget of $11M.
Dead Man Walking has made $39.4M at the box office.