Cast

Susan Sarandon Sean Penn Robert Prosky Raymond J. Barry R. Lee Ermey Celia Weston

Credits

Written by: Helen Prejean

Plot

A nun, Sister Helen Prejean, becomes the spiritual adviser of a death-row inmate, Matthew Poncelet, a brutal killer, in the days before his execution, in a sober, humane look at the death penalty, with Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn.

Sinekatalog’s take

A sober, humane and powerfully acted drama on the death penalty.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (109,898 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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