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Sean Penn has made a name for himself in such films as: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Casualties of War (1989) and Milk (2008)...to name just a few of his fine films. Usually if Sean Penn is in the movie, it's worth watching.
I had seen Dead Man Walking years ago but had forgotten just how amazing of a performance Sean Penn gives! He totally immerses himself in the character, his accent, his body language, his demeanor, even his eye movements are so in tune with the type of character he plays. IMO Sean Penn is the best actor working today...Heck I would even rank him as one of the all time greats!
Susan Sarandon is pretty darn good too, and she needs to be as she is our eyes and ears into the world of a prison's death row. If her character was played in other way this film might not have worked as good as it did. It works brilliantly...
Director Tim Robbins, keeps the films subject matter of a convicted murder who claims he's innocent balanced, and I respect that. Sean Penn's character is not likable in fact he's creepy, but yet by the end of the film Robbins manages to make that character a human being and not just a monster.
I expected this to be an anti death penalty film. But no, this film is unflinching in showing the brutality of the crime and the destruction of the lives of the victims families as well as the hardships a prisoner on death row goes through. This is one intelligent film, that doesn't take sides, but shows it as it is and lets you decide how you feel about the death penalty. Powerful stuff.
Dead Man Walking (1995 Tim Robbin)
Director: Tim Robbins
Writers: Helen Prejean(novel),Tim Robbins(screenplay)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky
Genre: Crime Drama
about: A nun who receives a letter from a death row inmate, then takes up his legal cause, while she walks a fine line between empathizing with the killer...and empathizing with his victim's families.Cast: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky
Genre: Crime Drama
Sean Penn has made a name for himself in such films as: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Casualties of War (1989) and Milk (2008)...to name just a few of his fine films. Usually if Sean Penn is in the movie, it's worth watching.
I had seen Dead Man Walking years ago but had forgotten just how amazing of a performance Sean Penn gives! He totally immerses himself in the character, his accent, his body language, his demeanor, even his eye movements are so in tune with the type of character he plays. IMO Sean Penn is the best actor working today...Heck I would even rank him as one of the all time greats!
Susan Sarandon is pretty darn good too, and she needs to be as she is our eyes and ears into the world of a prison's death row. If her character was played in other way this film might not have worked as good as it did. It works brilliantly...
Director Tim Robbins, keeps the films subject matter of a convicted murder who claims he's innocent balanced, and I respect that. Sean Penn's character is not likable in fact he's creepy, but yet by the end of the film Robbins manages to make that character a human being and not just a monster.
I expected this to be an anti death penalty film. But no, this film is unflinching in showing the brutality of the crime and the destruction of the lives of the victims families as well as the hardships a prisoner on death row goes through. This is one intelligent film, that doesn't take sides, but shows it as it is and lets you decide how you feel about the death penalty. Powerful stuff.