Sleepers
CrimeDramaThriller
7.603/10
|US
|en
|147 min
Release Date: 1996-10-18
Overview - 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.
Production Companies
Propaganda FilmsBaltimore PicturesPolyGram Filmed EntertainmentUniversal Pictures
User Reviews
Wuchak
7/10
***Justifiable execution and justifiable lying*** “Sleepers” (1991) starts out as a coming-of-age film about four boys in 1966-1967 from Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan, and then morphs into a juvenile prison picture, which covers the first hour. The rest of the movie is a crime tragedy turned courtroom drama, taking place 13 years later in the early 80s. Jason Patric plays the adult version of Shake...
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AstroNoud
8/10
‘Sleepers’ uses a disturbing and unnecessary narration to tell its controversial revenge story, but the rich characters and great actors easily make up for that. 8/10
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