Sleepers (1996)
Four boys growing up in Hell's Kitchen play a prank that leads to an old man getting hurt. Sentenced to no less than one year in the Wilkenson Center in upstate New York, the four friends are changed by the beating, humiliation and sexual abuse by the guards sworn to protect them. Thirteen years later and a chance meeting lead to a chance for revenge against the Wilkenson Center and the guards. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Barry Levinson
Written By: Barry Levinson, Lorenzo Carcaterra
Starring: Robert De Niro, Vittorio Gassman, Kevin Bacon, Dustin Hoffman, Brad Pitt, Minnie Driver, Billy Crudup, Terry Kinney, Bruno Kirby, Jason Patric, Ron Eldard, Brad Renfro
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
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Sleepers belongs to 20 collections
1. Netflix Instant (collaborative: moderated by somnivore - 29 stars)
2. IMDb Top 250 Complete (collaborative: moderated by Jorg - 23 stars)
3. Vigilante / Revenge (collaborative: moderated by td888 - 14 stars)
4. Films available in HD (collaborative: moderated by kubricksucks - 13 stars)
5. New York (collaborative: moderated by djross - 10 stars)
6. #1 at the US Box Office (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 10 stars)
7. Top 3000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 5 stars)
8. Triumvirate of Oscar Winning Actors/Actresses in the Cast (3 or more) (collaborative: moderated by Dunstan-xxx - 4 stars)
9. Djross overrated movies (public: djross - 4 stars)
10. Top 1000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 3 stars)
11. Top 2000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 2 stars)
12. Michael Ballhaus (cinematographer). (collaborative: moderated by karamazov. - 1 star)
13. NOT YET WATCHED (collaborative: moderated by atoerk)
14. John Williams (composer) (collaborative: moderated by djross)
15. Ratings (collaborative: moderated by cheapthrills)
16. 1996 Wide-released movies (collaborative: moderated by Roman_Herbom)
17. My DVD Collection (public: LesterGroans)
18. 1996: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
19. My Movie Collection (public: elhenzo)
20. C-1990 (public: cantahta)
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Paxton | 65 45th |
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Failed to provide even a single suggestion that would benefit my fantasy football team.
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djross | 20 3rd |
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Ludicrous and turgid melodrama that is self-evidently complete baloney. I know nothing about the book, but based on what is presented here one can only presume the author is some kind of fraudster. No redeeming features.
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ozymandius10 | 88 95th |
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Heavily underrated movie. Kevin Bacon is oddly good at playing a pedophile (I'm not sure why). The cast is a gift from god (both young and old).
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glumpy_99 | 31 3rd |
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Beautifully performed by all (with De Niro a standout) and well-crafted in a journeyman, professional way by director Levinson, but the story it tells is suspect and repulsive, speciously and vacuously arguing that corrupt behavior is a perfect justification for further corrupt behavior. A more interesting (and daring) version of this material could have probed the ethical quandries of the situation with greater depth than the bizarre Grisham-like hero story fashioned for Pitt's prosecutor.
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Luna6ix | 87 93rd |
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This movie makes me wonder what the heck happened to Jason Patric. A very compassionate story, if only this were the last pedophile Kevin Bacon played well.
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Dean Franz | 45 39th |
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DEATH BY SAUSAGE CART!
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d_drudges | 30 30th |
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The coincidences and the pulling of emotional strings in the story seem too calculated and, what do you know, none of it actually ever happened. As a work of fiction, the movie isn't all that interesting. Dustin Hoffman is woefully miscast, resulting in one of the worst performances of his career.
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PetrosTser | 60 41st |
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It's moderately engaging throughout, the cast is pretty good and the courtroom scenes during the final act are quite tense, nevertheless "Sleepers" wastes some of its potential. Although it manages to be moving now and then, this emotional reaction stems from the harrowing subject matter and not the script or direction. The dialogues are too stilted, the resolution is predictable and presented in a Hollywoodian manner and several plot holes are ignored in order for the story to work out.
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dunbar | 75 61st |
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The movie, despite the nature of the abuse, only seemed to go skin deep on an emotional scale. I wasn't blown away by the acting, despite the talent on call, it felt like they weren't ever pushed further by the script. Would've been more effective if they took off the kiddie gloves and opted for a little less courtroom drama-rama-llama.
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isaboojum | 2 29th |
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I was into it up until the whole trial scheme. It didn't make any sense at all, and would have never worked the way it did. You cannot tell a realistic mondo-cane type story and then, all of a sudden, require that much suspension of disbelief.
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| 1 | seenmany | 98 97th |
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Would have to, record 80% of it if i decided to record it
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| Average Percentile 57% from 4056 Ratings |  |