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Sling Blade
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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.
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.
Actors:
Christine Renee Ward,
Ian Moore,
Dwight Yoakam,
Betty Lynn Hall,
Vic Chesnutt,
D.J. Royston,
Wendell Rafferty,
Scott Stewart,
Tom Kagy,
Sarah Boss,
Judy Pryor Trice,
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Christine Renee Ward
Ian Moore
15 June 1954, London, England, UK
Dwight Yoakam
23 October 1956, Pikeville, Kentucky, USA
Betty Lynn Hall
Vic Chesnutt
12 November 1964, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
D.J. Royston
Wendell Rafferty
Scott Stewart
27 October 1965, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Tom Kagy
Sarah Boss
15 June 1975, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Judy Pryor Trice
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton
4 August 1955, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Country:
United States
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August 01, 2009
Thornton offers a subtle, thoughtful script, generally sensitive direction, and an understated performance, uh-huh.
New York Times
May 08, 2002
An abundance of long, flat medium shots that rob the film of intimacy and give it a sleepy pace.
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.
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 15, 2012
Much of the audience appeal relies on the film's simplicity
May 08, 2002
A masterpiece of Southern storytelling.
Film.com
January 01, 2000
In Sling Blade, Thornton lays claim to the title of hyphenate of the year.
August 28, 2009
Well acted, a multi-leveled story and a pure honesty make Sling Blade one of my favourite films of the 1990s.
February 14, 2001
A mesmerizing parable of good and evil and a splendid example of Southern storytelling at its most poetic and imaginative.
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.
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.