The profile of the convict, the interviews with the families by Sister Prejean, and the feeling of the film made it a bit of a blight for emotional heart pulling films. Don’t worry, it won’t take long.
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Through the portrayal of finely drawn characters and their interactions as the days, hours, and minutes tick down to the condemned man's execution, powerful emotions are unleashed.
A soapy, longwinded drama that simply is not the moving film that warrants the praise it received. "Thank you for loving me."
The film doesn't make Matthew totally symapthetic, but it does humanize him, and the concluding scenes are very moving.
He was the leader of a group of bandits and rapists who took over Terminus, but was captured and locked up later by the Terminus residents as revenge for the atrocities he inflicted on them.
Though he, Susan Sarandon, and Sister Helen Prejean (the Catholic nun who wrote the book upon which the movie is based) are against the death penalty, "Dead Man Walking" goes to great lengths to encourage debate and to examine the issue from all angles. This film, though moving at times, is so slanted and nauseating that the performances come off as forced and irrationally concise.
| They bring a lot of depth to their roles, and play them very realistically. Two DEA agents protect an informant. January 1, 2000
R | 2h 2min | Crime, Drama | 2 February 1996 (USA) A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families.
On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world. This review wouldn't be worth much if I didn't offer any constructive criticism, but finding something wrong with this was a struggle and a half. Just like your friend Eastman's children. Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon) is a nun and teacher living in rural Louisiana.
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Yes, it gets a bit heavy handed here and there, but it's hard to fault it too much since it's all done so well.
The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive reviewThe percentage of users who rated this 3.5 stars or higher. 22 wins & 22 nominations. It's an important film and a beautifully made film too.
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It will send you home with more than a few long thoughts.
A (male) prisoner on death row who is walking to the place of execution.