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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

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  1. avatar16
    Jan 20, 2012
    9
    Le réalisateur de Rain Man au service d'un nouveau chef-d'oeuvre! Oui, Sleepers est un chef-d'oeuvre! Un grand film qui parle d'un sujet dur et violent (abus sexuels dans les maisons de redressements) non pas de manière excessivement dramatique mais de façon incroyablement sobre. Il n'y a qu'à voir la (longue) intro qui présente les quatre héros, leurs connaissances, leur quartier, dans la bonne humeur. Puis tout vire dans une ambiance plus sombre, le film dévoilant sa puissance. Mise en scène, musique, scénario, casting... Tout dans Sleepers est de qualité pour livrer aux cinéphiles un superbe produit du septième art. Et puis, rien que voir de grands acteurs dans des seconds rôles juteux et inattendus (Robert De Niro en curé, Dustin Hoffman en avocat alcoolique, Kevin Bacon en gardien de prison inhumain...), cela vaut largement le coup d'oeil !… Expand
  2. mrmadrid
    Apr 15, 2012
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. With a quite unforgiving Metacritic score, this one is worth a second look. Kevin Bacon exhibits his range by playing a repulsive, utterly hateful villain. Truly memorable. Personally, the satisfaction one feels when he gets what's coming to him makes the movie worthwhile, in what is an eerily realistic and well-acted scene of rightous revenge that reminded me of the famous scene in the Godfather when Michael kills the police chief and mob don at the Italian restaurant. The recreation of Hell's Kitchen, New York in the 60s, the social types, daily life, the presence of the Mafia, the lives of the kids there, is very convincing and lavish, really well-done. Sure, it´s conventional and a bit dumb in parts, but the depiction of the era, some great performances make it mesmerizing at times. The users kinder score here is fairer.… Expand
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Metascore
49 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 6 out of 18
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    30
    Recalls those corny Warner Bros. movies about Dead End Kids.
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  2. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: David Ansen
    10
    Rent the devastating "The Boys of St. Vincent" to see how slick and hollow Sleepers is, how little it reveals about the real nature and effect of child abuse. [28 October 1996, p. 74]
  3. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    80
    At some low, what's-next level, Sleepers works like, well, gangbusters. [28 October 1996, p. 113]
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