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Sling Blade
Description
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:
Vic Chesnutt,
Judy Pryor Trice,
Mickey Jones,
Gary Don Fletcher,
Bruce Hampton,
Christine Renee Ward,
Robert Duvall
Vic Chesnutt
12 November 1964, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Judy Pryor Trice
Mickey Jones
10 June 1941, Houston, Texas, USA
Gary Don Fletcher
Bruce Hampton
30 April 1947
Christine Renee Ward
Robert Duvall
5 January 1931, San Diego, California, USA
Genre:
Drama
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.
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.
February 14, 2001
A mesmerizing parable of good and evil and a splendid example of Southern storytelling at its most poetic and imaginative.
July 23, 2009
Excellent character study of a mentally challenged person.
Film.com
January 01, 2000
In Sling Blade, Thornton lays claim to the title of hyphenate of the year.
February 15, 2012
Much of the audience appeal relies on the film's simplicity
May 08, 2002
A masterpiece of Southern storytelling.
August 28, 2009
Well acted, a multi-leveled story and a pure honesty make Sling Blade one of my favourite films of the 1990s.
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.
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]
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May 08, 2002
An abundance of long, flat medium shots that rob the film of intimacy and give it a sleepy pace.
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.