Sleepers

"Mr. Hoffman, appearing only briefly as a barfly lawyer... gives a slyly minimal performance and steals every scene he's in."

"A glib, lumbering work."

"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."

"A harsh but compelling tale offering the sort of gruesome fascination that grips in the gut, and questions your convictions even as it demands judgement."

"Patric is solid but a tad bland as the adult Shakes, and is somewhat overshadowed by young Joe Perrino, who gives the young Shakes considerable depth."

"Powerfully unsettling..."

"A bloated bore of a movie in which nothing happens that isn't first shown and then described in voice-over."

"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."

"The film, exceptional on many counts, ultimately is sad in a hopeless, haunting way."

"Levinson has done nothing to sift the half-truths from the melodrama..."