Dead Man Walking Reviews

The picture is cloudy in intent.

Robbins, who also wrote the script, is no Truman Capote, let alone a Victor Hugo, and his film trips up constantly on indecisiveness about what it is he's trying to say.

This feels like a giant cop-out.

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| Original Score: 3/5

Absorbing, surprising, technically superb and worth talking about for a long time afterward

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Dead Man Walking could easily be manipulative or exploitative, but it's neither. Instead, this is hard-hitting drama that neither accepts nor offers quarter.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

| Original Score: 5/5

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

It takes a truly great film to be so passionate about its viewpoint while still acknowledging and dignifying those who feel differently.

| Original Score: 5/5

Dead Man Walking is a provocative, well-made film on a surprisingly intelligent level.

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To say that the movie is neither for nor against capital punishment is disingenuous. Still, this is a fine and painful effort overall.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Dead Man Walking is one courageous film, one of the very best of its time.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Its objectivity is what makes it so controversial and fascinating.

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It probably isn't for everyone, but Dead Man Walking is a tale that needs to be heard and that will likely provide material for hours of philosophical debate.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

| Original Score: 5/5

| Original Score: 4/5

This important film exposes the cruelty of death by lethal injection and shows that hate is the worst prison of all.

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| Original Score: 4/5

Dead Man Walking was worth the river of tears I waded through on my way out.

| Original Score: 4/4

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