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Short Eyes

Play trailer Poster for Short Eyes R,  1978,  1h 44m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 92% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 83% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
92% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 83% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Convicts try to stay alive in a brutal prison where certain fellow inmates violate nearly every known rule of decency.

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David Ansen Newsweek Mar 7, 2023
The flaws ultimately don't matter. Like the prison jargon, the sense of which is always clear even if the words are incomprehensible, Piñero's angry eloquence -- and his sudden flashes of tenderness -- burn away one's esthetic qualms. Go to Full Review
Pauline Kael The New Yorker May 26, 2021
With sensational material like this, disorganization is preferable to a slick, false structure. And parts of this movie seem as good as they could possibly be. Go to Full Review
Vincent Canby New York Times May 9, 2005
4/5
Remarkably effective film making. Go to Full Review
Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com Sep 21, 2020
B
The viewer walks away with a deep understanding of motivation, which helps "Short Eyes" through clichés it periodically encounters. Go to Full Review
Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Apr 9, 2007
A
A brutal, compelling slice of prison life, popularly described as "raw and powerful." Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 18, 2005
3/5
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Finn W Apr 1, 2019 i like 70s prison movies
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Cast & Crew

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Robert M. Young

Director

Bruce Davison

Clark Davis

José Pérez

Juan

Nathan George

Ice

Tito Goya

Cupcakes

Don Blakely

El Raheem

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Short Eyes

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Movie Info

Synopsis Convicts try to stay alive in a brutal prison where certain fellow inmates violate nearly every known rule of decency.
Director
Robert M. Young
Producer
Robert M. Young, Lewis Harris
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2017
Runtime
1h 44m
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