Sling Blade

1996 · 135 min · ★ 7.5 / 10 · 902 votes

Drama

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.

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton · Dwight Yoakam · J.T. Walsh · John Ritter · Lucas Black · Natalie Canerday · James Hampton · Robert Duvall · Rick Dial · Brent Briscoe

Director

Billy Bob Thornton