Should you watch Sleepers?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Sleepers
Film · 1996
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.
The sides of Sleepers
- Four boys from Hell's Kitchen
- Abuse in a reform school
- A revenge plan played out in court
Sleepers is good for you if…
- you like four childhood friends bound for life.
- you like a first hour set in the streets of Hell's Kitchen in the sixties.
- you like a revenge plot carried out inside a courtroom.
Sleepers is bad for you if…
- you can't face a story about the abuse of children.
- you find two and a half hours too long for one evening.
About: revenge · justice · trauma
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