Sling Blade
7.5/10
Rating
135 min
Runtime
1996
Release Year
Billy Bob Thornton
Director
Cast
Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black
Quick Synopsis
Karl Childers, a man with a developmental disability, has spent most of his life in a state mental hospital after being committed at age 12 for the killing of his mother and her lover. After years of institutional care, doctors determine that he is now stable enough to live outside the hospital, leading to his release into the community.
Detailed Synopsis of Sling Blade
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.
