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Sleepers
Directed by
Barry Levinson
R
1996
2h 27m
Crime
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7.5
73%
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A reporter and a District Attorney help childhood friends who killed a sadistic guard.
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Cast of Sleepers
Kevin Bacon
Sean Nokes
Robert De Niro
Father Bobby
Dustin Hoffman
Danny Snyder
Jason Patric
Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra
Brad Pitt
Michael Sullivan
Brad Renfro
Young Michael Sullivan
Minnie Driver
Carol Martinez
Billy Crudup
Tommy Marcano
Ron Eldard
John Reilly
Vittorio Gassman
King Benny
Terry Kinney
Ralph Ferguson
Bruno Kirby
Shakes' Father
Frank Medrano
Fat Mancho
Joe Perrino
Young Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra
Geoffrey Wigdor
Young John Reilly
Jonathan Tucker
Young Tommy Marcano
Peter Appel
Boyfriend
Joseph Attanasio
Male Juror (as Joe Attanasio)
Gerry Becker
Forensics Expert
Eugene Byrd
Rizzo
Pasquale Cajano
Superintendent
Robert W. Castle
Priest
John Di Benedetto
Tony
Jeffrey Donovan
Addison
George Georgiadis
Hot Dog Vendor
Marco Greco
Waiter
Saverio Guerra
Man #1
Paul Herman
Court Bailiff
Lennie Loftin
Styler
Chuck Low
Judge
Ruth Maleczech
Woman at Subway Station
Danny Mastrogiorgio
Nick Davenport
Mary B. McCann
Sister Carolyn (as Mary McCann)
Pat McNamara
Guard
Peter McRobbie
Lawyer
Dash Mihok
K.C.
Michael P. Moran
Judge #1
Mick O'Rourke
Man in Tub
James Pickens Jr.
Marlboro
Wendell Pierce
Little Caesar
Sean Patrick Reilly
Young King Benny
Peter Rini
Frank Magciccio
Larry Romano
Man #2
Tom Signorelli
Confessional Man
John Slattery
Carlson
Patrick Tull
Jerry the Bartender
Aida Turturro
Mrs. Salinas
James Rosin
Neighbourhood Man
Ralph Tabakin
Warden
Barry Levinson
Director / Writer / Producer
Lorenzo Carcaterra
Writer
Steve Golin
Producer
Sleepers Ratings & Reviews
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July 16, 2025
It's a great movie about friendship.It also exposed some physical,verbal and sexual abuse of those poor helpless boys under the abusive power tripping of some guards. Joseph Perrino and Brad Renfro performed here so exquisitely. It's nice to see that Brad Renfro made a lot of good movies for us to remember him and his talent. Actor Ron Eldard also did well in this movie.
Movie Metropolis
John J. Puccio
...it's more than a bit disconcerting to see how the narrative makes serious wrongdoers sympathetic. Therefore, a qualified success.
Groucho Reviews
Peter Canavese
Despite it all, just try to take your eyes off this movie: skillfully crafted by Levinson, Sleepers is eminently watchable, deeply emotional, and populated with top acting talent. [Blu-ray]
Common Sense Media
Carly Kocurek
Powerful story of child abuse. Not for kids.
Newsweek
David Ansen
The problems start with Levinson's script, which overemploys Patric's florid narration to tell you what you're about to see, what it means and how you should feel about it.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
''Sleepers'' has become a big Hollywood movie with a slick, shrewd manner that perfectly mirrors Mr. Carcaterra's writing style.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Boasting a glorious multi-generational cast (De Niro, Hoffman, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric), Levinson's tale of sexual abuse and revenge is just decent, lacking dramatic energy and relying too much on voice-over narration and conventional courtroom procedures
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
It is all legally preposterous. But Levinson is a slick craftsman, his actors are insinuatingly real, and cinematographer Michael Ballhaus casts a disarmingly believable light on these proceedings.
BDK Reviews
Kevin McCarthy
One thing you will not being doing after seeing this dark, yet beautifully written film, is sleeping.
Variety
David Stratton
If audiences aren't bothered by this disturbing subtext, there's a lot to enjoy in this impeccably structured, handsomely produced saga.
Lawrence Journal-World
Jon Niccum
Disturbing and powerful
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
At times the images are agonizing to behold, men in their most desperate, hateful depths preying on children. The film, exceptional on many counts, ultimately is sad in a hopeless, haunting way.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Idealized? You bet. That's why the loss of this world must be avenged with the same broad strokes that you'd expect from the Count of Monte Cristo.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
In craft terms alone, Sleepers is considerably better than average filmmaking, but it's difficult to take this film as seriously as it takes itself.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
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.
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
What a more interesting film this would have been had Levinson found a way to integrate the past and the present so that one informed the other. As constructed, however, he's made a lopsided movie.
USA Today
Engrosses if it doesn't fully convince.
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