Dead Man Walking (1995) Critic Reviews

An extremely affecting experience, down to the last agonizing moment.Read the full review

Acting rarely gets better than this.Read the full review

Quietly courageous drama .Read the full review

An intimate chamber piece for two, superbly acted by Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn, this is a mature, well-crafted movie.Read the full review

What this intelligent, balanced, devastating movie puts before us is nothing less than a contest between good and evil.Read the full review

It's ironic that a film with this title should be among the most vital, alive, and challenging cinema experiences of the year.Read the full review

Unusual in both its subject matter and its approach, this film guides us on a pair of intertwined paths American movies rarely venture down.Read the full review

Happily, there's nothing to misconstrue about the film: It's fabulous.Read the full review

A bold, searching, wrenching experience. It may be the most complexly impassioned message movie Hollywood has ever made.Read the full review