DRAMA
Sling Blade
1996Directed by Billy Bob ThorntonUnited States of America135 minDRAMAAge guide: 12+
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.
★ 7.5/10 · 905 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Billy Bob ThorntonKarl Childers
Dwight YoakamDoyle Hargraves
J.T. WalshCharles Bushman
John RitterVaughan Cunningham
Lucas BlackFrank Wheatley
Natalie CanerdayLinda Wheatley
James HamptonJerry Woolridge
Robert DuvallKarl's Father
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
Wuchak: When a murderer is the likable protagonist, mmm-hmm A simple, slow, seemingly pensive man (Billy Bob Thornton) is released from a mental hospital… Read full review
Filipe Manuel Neto: A film full of challenges, to which Billy Bob Thornton, in his greatest work, responded categorically. I didn't really know what I was… Read full review