Synopsis
When friendship runs deeper than blood
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.
1996 Directed by Barry Levinson
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.
Kevin Bacon Billy Crudup Robert De Niro Ron Eldard Minnie Driver Vittorio Gassman Dustin Hoffman Terry Kinney Bruno Kirby Frank Medrano Jason Patric Joe Perrino Brad Pitt Brad Renfro Geoffrey Wigdor Jonathan Tucker Peter Appel Joseph Attanasio Gerry Becker Eugene Byrd Pasquale Cajano Robert W. Castle John Di Benedetto Jeffrey Donovan George Georgiadis Marco Greco Saverio Guerra Paul Herman Lennie Loftin Show All…
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Intense violence and sexual transgression Crime, drugs and gangsters Faith and religion drugs, violence, crime, gritty or cops violence, shock, disturbing, brutal or graphic murder, crime, drama, gripping or victim prison, jail, criminal, convicts or violence cops, murder, thriller, detective or crime Show All…
Have you ever asked yourself: "what would Stand By Me be like if the kids didn't just find a dead body, but were responsible for one?"
A fascinating look into how society and it's darkest components shape its citizens. "This is a true story about friendship", the opening lines of the movie are true, on a base level. I imagine large parts of it are fictionalized, but it is a story of friendship and revenge, at first. But to me, Sleepers is a film about responsibility. The responsibility we owe to the people we care about, whether it's to our friends or in Robert Deniro's case, to our alter boys, or Brad Pitt's responsibility to the law he chose to…
The magic of the first act with the children was really lost during the second act with the adults.
" We didn't see the vendor as a man. Didn't see the long hours he worked hard. Didn't see he had two kids and a wife in Greece, whom he hoped to bring to this country. We only saw free lunch"
Damn! I wouldn't say this film is flawless. It's definitely a bit long but it's very honest and compelling. It is incredibly moving although it drags here and there. I would recommend it
came for Robert De Niro as hot priest, left with the trauma.
should've known this was hard to watch.