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Sling Blade
Mentally disabled Karl Childers is released from the mental hospital where he has spent most of his life after murdering his mother and her lover. When starting a new life in a small town, Karl befriends a young boy named Frank and devises a way to save Frank from years of abuse.
15 June 1975, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
30 April 1947
9 March 1962, Russellville, Arkansas, USA
17 September 1948, Burbank, California, USA
27 October 1965, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
12 November 1964, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
22 January 1953, Akron, Ohio, USA
27 August 1975, Searcy, Arkansas, USA
9 March 1955, Malvern, Arkansas, USA
July 23, 2009
Excellent character study of a mentally challenged person.
January 01, 2000
Sling Blade takes you down paths full of primitive, almost biblical implications, but it also finds comic relief in moments of palpable tension.
January 01, 2000
In Sling Blade, Thornton lays claim to the title of hyphenate of the year.
August 01, 2009
Thornton offers a subtle, thoughtful script, generally sensitive direction, and an understated performance, uh-huh.
August 28, 2009
Well acted, a multi-leveled story and a pure honesty make Sling Blade one of my favourite films of the 1990s.
July 22, 2011
Marking Billy Bob Thornton's debut as a director and solo writer, Sling Blade is a powerful southern gothic parable about good and evil.
May 08, 2002
An abundance of long, flat medium shots that rob the film of intimacy and give it a sleepy pace.
August 12, 2009
Thornton brings three key ingredients to the table: distinctive, rich, authentic Southern locations, patient and painterly atmosphere, and a precise and fresh character to study. [Blu-ray]
February 14, 2001
A mesmerizing parable of good and evil and a splendid example of Southern storytelling at its most poetic and imaginative.
January 01, 2000
By its midpoint, however, Thornton has begun forcing both the film's poetry and the preternatural goodness of its simple-minded protagonist, and Sling Blade's sweet charms begin to curdle.
May 08, 2002
A masterpiece of Southern storytelling.
February 15, 2012
Much of the audience appeal relies on the film's simplicity