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Sling Blade (1996)

R 08/30/1996 (US) Drama 2h 15m

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A simple man. A difficult choice.

Overview

Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.

Billy Bob Thornton

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Billy Bob Thornton

Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam

Doyle Hargraves
J.T. Walsh

Charles Bushman
John Ritter

Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black

Frank Wheatley
Robert Duvall

Karl's Father
Jim Jarmusch

Frostee Cream Boy
Rick Dial

Bill Cox
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A review by Wuchak

6.0

Written by Wuchak on December 31, 2019

When a murderer is the likable protagonist, mmm-hmm

A simple, slow, seemingly pensive man (Billy Bob Thornton) is released from a mental hospital in central Arkansas after 30 years and gets a job fixing lawnmowers. He makes friends with a boy & his mother (Natalie Canerday) and they let him live in their garage, but the mother’s abusive boyfriend presents a problem (Dwight Yoakam). John Ritter is on hand as the mother’s gay best friend.

"Sling Blade" (1996) is a small town drama with a memorable central character (if I didn’t know beforehand that Thornton played the role, I wouldn’... read the rest.

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