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Phoenix Feather's Movie Diary 2018 
Visitor and Prisoner - Movies (24 movies items)" Susan Sarandon as Sister Helen Prejean Sean Penn as Matthew Poncelet"
Actresses Winning Oscars for Playing Real People (18 movies items)"Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn Susan Sarandon as Helen Prejean"
America's Got Talent... Sean Penn
Watched in 2017
Digitaldreamdoor's 100 Greatest Female Performance (99 movies items)"Susan Sarandon as Sister Helen Prejean "
“To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick and I should definitely re-watch it at some point. In fact, I even saw it the movie theater when it was released. Well, even though this movie was critically heralded at the time, I have to admit that I actually had some mixed feelings about the damned thing. I mean, it was a very well made movie, with some really impressive performances by Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon (she even won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role) and the material was really strong but, somehow, it didn’t completely work for me. Basically, I had a really hard time with the angle they choose to approach this story. Indeed, even though it made sense since Helen Prejean was nun, they had to put some focus on the fact that Poncelet should ” read more
30 From 95: My Favorite Films From 1995 (30 movies items)"Excellently directed by Tim Robbins, Dead Man Walking is a movie with a story that purposely and effectively shows both sides to the issue of the death penalty but without taking either stance. And it does so without compromise to it's emotional impact. With a no-holds barred look into the situations that leads to an act of the most heinous nature, the plot weaves in and out of the repercussions of a crime that affects both the victim's and the perpetrator's lives (and loved ones) and then revea"