
Fred Schepisi's film, 'The Devil's Playground' is an intimate portrait of Tom, a thirteen-year-old struggling in spirit and body with the constraints of living in a Catholic seminary. It is also the story of the Brothers and how they cope with the demands of their faith.... (Full plot summary below)
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Fred Schepisi's film, 'The Devil's Playground' is an intimate portrait of Tom, a thirteen-year-old struggling in spirit and body with the constraints of living in a Catholic seminary. It is also the story of the Brothers and how they cope with the demands of their faith.
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| Urban CinefileAndrew L. UrbanEveryone makes a terrific contribution as Schepisi peels away the surface to reveal a morass of personal demons |
| Boston GlobeBruce McCabePlayground is such a completely and thoroughly realized piece of cinema that almost every scene and sequence in it compels admiration. |
| User ReviewIrvin CThis is the best study of sexuality I've ever seen in a 1970's Australian movie, then again there was "Picnic at Hanging Rock" |
| User ReviewGreg Wtakes a look at drama in a catholic boarding school. |
| User ReviewMike VIt is about the world's largest cult,the Catholic church |