Sling Blade (1996)
"A simple man. A difficult choice."
Critics Score
🎬 90%
(RT: 96%, MC: 85) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Natalie Canerday as Linda Wheatley
Is Sling Blade good?
Yes. 90% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 90%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
