Based on a controversial Lorenzo Carcaterra book ("controversial" in that nobody's sure if it's a true story or merely cynical sensationalism), Sleepers is a powerful, uncomfortable film. (Powerful because it features the talents of Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro; uncomfortable because it deals with the hugely emotive subject of child abuse.) It's gripping stuff - absorbing enough to keep you hooked for at least an hour. The problem is, it's two-and-a-half hours long...
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