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100
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Critic Score

49
Critics' score based on 18 reviews.
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Terrific TRUE story w Awesome cast ! YES these things DO happen in Reform school, Jails, Catholic HS\'s MUST see movie!!! ALL are at their best! Just look at PENN ST coaches and Know thisstory is TRU... E ! Full Review

January 22, 2012
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Colorful characters, richly evoked settings, epic story of friendship, crime and punishment, and a strong dose of good old-fashioned star power.Full Review

David Stratton
Variety

Sleepers, for all the doubts it raises, is the work of a man who speaks for absent friends and "for the children we were." It's his secret heart.Full Review

Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

Two and one- half hours of gripping entertainment.Full Review

James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Engrosses if it doesn't fully convince. [18 October 1996, p.1D]Full Review

Mike Clark
USA Today

A visual masterpiece that powerfully explores male cruelty, too.Full Review

Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle
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