Short Eyes

1977

Action / Drama

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 84% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 84% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 1700 1.7K

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Plot summary

A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.

Director

Robert M. Young Photo
Robert M. Young

Top cast

Joe Pesci Photo
Joe Pesci as Other Inmate
Shelly Desai Photo
Shelly Desai as Other Inmate
Alberto Vazquez Photo
Alberto Vazquez as Other Inmate
Tito Goya Photo
Tito Goya as Cupcakes
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
756.00 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 2
1.44 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Jimmy_the_Gent4 7 / 10

From Play To Movie

Reviewed by justahunch-70549 7 / 10

Crude, ugly and real

Based on a Tony nominated play, this obscure film version is crude, tough stuff about life in the NY Tombs, as the Manhattan Detention Center was known then. And it is an appropriate name for a terrible, seemingly corrupt institution. Despite the acclaim, the play only ran for 80 performances, so it wasn't a hit and surely this grainy little seen film wasn't either, but it's well worth watching if you're up for it. It has a slim storyline of a young white pedophile entering for the first time a facility of mostly hardened Hispanic and Black prisoners and how they do or don't accept him. I say slim storyline as most of the film is simply showing us life in this prison, the inmates and their relationships with each other. It ain't pretty. Most of the people in this all male cast have multiple acting credits, which surprised me as they all seem like the real deal. There is not a performance that doesn't ring true. Miguel Pinero was a prisoner at one time, and I suspect so were most of the cast, and while there he wrote this play though his life was short. He also appears in this film and like the rest, is very authentic. I don't know if this film really has a message other than stay the hell out of jail!
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