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It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Sleepers. WOW I can't believe I had missed this movie years ago! It boasts a fantastic cast, all delivering captivating performances. The story line grabbed me from the beginning and held my attention, often with my stomach in knots with dread and/or anticipation. A heart wrenching story of friendship and redemption that you won't soon forget.

SleepersWhen falling asleep around the male species it is best to do so with a bear trap between your legs.Unfortunately, the boys in this thriller could not access any anti-rape weaponry.When an innocent street prank goes wrong, Hell's Kitchen troublemakers Shakes (Jason Patric), Michael (Brad Pitt) and Tommy (Billy Crudup) are sentenced to serve in an upstate boys home. Interned, they are repeatedly raped by the lead guard (Kevin Bacon) and his squad.Years later, the friends exploit their positions in the media and justice department to takedown their former abusers with false testimony from their neighborhood priest (Robert De Niro).An unsettling account of juvenile detention supplemented by an even more controversial form of retribution, this dark and dubious adaption of the semi-nonfictional novel is an intense and unforgettable experience.Incidentally, if the predatory guards had been female the courts would've sentenced them to life on probation.Green Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

This is, quite possibly, my favorite movie of all time. Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, Robert De Niro, the entire cast do a wondrous job in this film.The cinematography is superb, the acting is bar-none, the choice of actors is top-notch. If I were to make ONE complaint about this film is that it did not receive the attention I think it \, rightfully, deserved.I love the setting. Having once resided near New York City, the movie actually made me wistful for a hot dog (or slice of New York pizza!) and a large coke. It is sad to say, too, that Brad Renfro, who played Brad Pitt's character, Michael, as a young man, died of an overdose several years ago.

I thought by reading the summary on IMDb that it would have been another De Niro Hit like and his character would be like Max Cady or Johnny Boy. But he was not the central character in this flick by Barry Levinson nor the film was anything like Cape fear or Mean Streets but It is, indeed, a powerful drama which happens to be a true story. The Sleepers starts as a coming-of-age film and then take over from there. 4 kids/friends pull off a prank which goes wrong and they end up in juvie. Which among them would have expected the horrors to come which would change their lives. A crooked child-molesting guard Nokes, played by Bacon, abuses them along with his associates. As a result, when they get out, Tommy and John who have became street thugs kill Nokes years after they accidentally see him in a pub situated in their home town Hell's Kitchen. Michael (Brad Pitt) who is now a lawyer takes the prosecution in order to lose and reveal what the guards did to them back in Wilkinson Home the juvie, Which they succeed in by getting father-like Father Bobby (De Niro) to testify/lie for John and Tommy, After Shakes tells him the whole story which they had never told anybody.Hoffman, who played the defendants lawyer, acted in an outstanding way. You can see that when you watch him asking questions. De Niro, too, is as excellent as always. Every kid actor also play his character beautifully. This film by Levinson is even more thoughtful than Rainman. It's a blend of Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller and tragedy as well. Which certainly makes it worth watching.