Synopsis
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
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Cast
- Kevin BaconSean Nokes
- Robert De NiroFather Bobby
- Dustin HoffmanDanny Snyder
- Jason PatricLorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra
- Brad PittMichael Sullivan
- Brad RenfroYoung Michael Sullivan
- Minnie DriverCarol Martinez
- Billy CrudupTommy Marcano
- Ron EldardJohn Reilly
- Vittorio GassmanKing Benny
Recommendations
- 88
ReelViews
Two and one- half hours of gripping entertainment. - 88
Rolling Stone
Sleepers, for all the doubts it raises, is the work of a man who speaks for absent friends and "for the children we were." It's his secret heart. - 80
Time
At some low, what's-next level, Sleepers works like, well, gangbusters. [28 October 1996, p. 113] - 75
USA Today
Engrosses if it doesn't fully convince. [18 October 1996, p.1D] - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
As entertainment, the movie functions successfully. But I don't believe the story is true--not true to the facts, and not true to the morality it pretends to be about. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
A visual masterpiece that powerfully explores male cruelty, too. - 75
San Francisco Examiner
Sometimes the movie lacks a quietness, an omission most egregiously felt at the end. - 50
The A.V. Club
Muddy, confused, and worst of all boring, Sleepers grinds to the preordained halt shared by any over-budgeted epic that lacks the simple necessity of good story.
