Sleepers (1996)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Sean Nokes	Kevin Bacon	½
Father Bobby	Robert De Niro
Danny Snyder	Dustin Hoffman	½
Shakes’ Father	Bruno Kirby
Lorenzo, aka Shakes	Jason Patric	½
Michael Sullivan	Brad Pitt	½
Young Michael Sullivan	Brad Renfro	½
John	Ron Eldard	½
Tommy	Billy Crudrup
King Benny	Vittorio Gassman
Ferguson	Terry Kinney
Fat Mancho	Frank Medrano	½
Young Tommy	Jonathan Tucker	½
Young John	Geoffrey Wigdor
Young Shakes	Joseph Perrino	½
Carol	Minnie Driver	½

Review

Barry Levinson is daring in thematics, but not necessarily in angle and narrative with Sleepers, a film about sexual abuse of children in a youth correctional facility during the 1960s, and how the victims confront their perpetrators decades later. It's a slow-moving, elaborate and character-heavy film about an important subject. A message movie with a crystal clear message and uneven acting performances, of which Kevin Bacon and Dustin Hoffman deliver the best ones among the stars. For an even better account on the same subject matter, check out the Canadian TV-series The Boys of St. Vincent from 1992.