Drama

Sling Blade

“A simple man. A difficult choice.”

Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, 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, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.

Directed by Billy Bob Thornton, Larry Meistrich

User score

878 votes

Status

Released

August 30, 1996

Runtime

2h 15m

Language

English

Budget → Revenue

$1.2M → $34.1M

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