Starring: Lucas Black (II), Sarah Boss, Brent Briscoe, Kathy Sue Brown, Natalie Canerday Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Miramax Number of Items: 2 Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 07, 2005 Running Time: 148 minutes Theatrical Release Date: November 27, 1996
Product Description: A mentally handicapped man, recently released from prison for murdering his mother and her lover, makes friends with a boy. His newfound peace is threatened by the boy's mother's abusive boyfriend. Genre: Feature Film-Drama Rating: UN Release Date: 22-AUG-2006 Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com: Billy Bob Thornton wrote, directed, and starred in this mesmerizing drama with haunting overtones of To Kill a Mockingbird. Thornton plays a mentally retarded man who has spent 20 years in a psychiatric hospital for killing his mother and her lover. Released into the community from which he came, he befriends and protects a lonely boy regularly harassed and abused by his mom's boyfriend (a terrific performance by Dwight Yoakam). The story is ultimately about sacrifice, but Thornton certainly doesn't get twinkly about it. Some of the best material concerns the hero's no-big-deal efforts to integrate into a "normal" life: working, eating fast food, earning admiration for his handyman skills, and attaining a semblance of community among other damaged souls. John Ritter has a great part as a gay shopkeeper who tries to assuage his own loneliness by spilling his guts out to Thornton's uncomprehending character. --Tom Keogh
Best Billy Bob Thorton movie ever! To me, Sling Blade is byfar Billy Bob Thorton's best performance in a movie to date. Not only did Billy Bob star in it, he also written and directed it as well. Billy Bob has a pretty good set of co-stars staring with him such as John Ritter, a young Lucas Black, Dwight Yoakam, JT Walsh, & Robert Duvall.
Thorton plays a middle aged mental patient named Karl Childers. Early in his childhood, Karl would kill his mother and her lover which would make him to go and live at a mental institution where he stay for the better part of his life. After Karl gets released from the institution, he soon makes his way back to his hometown where he gets a steady job as a mechanic and also befriends Frank (Lucas Black).
Frank is a young boy who lives with his mother and her alcoholic boyfriend named Dole (Dwight Yoakam). Frank soon introduces Karl to his mother and her gay best friend (John Ritter) at her job. Frank's mother would then allow Karl to stay with Frank, Dole, and herself. After meeting Karl, Dole would cause a load of trouble throughout the duration of Karl's stay.
Karl would soon become a regular member of the family after a while. Karl opens up a lot by spending time with this good ol' family. Frank and his mother would do everything to try to get Karl to fit in with them. Frank would take Karl to play football and even settin up a blind date for Karl. Yeah Karl had a pretty good life stay with Frank which made Dole furious hafter seeing all of the attention Frank and his mother was giving Karl.
Throughout Karl's stay with Frank, he soon becomes a father figure for Frank by protecting him and his mother from the evil doings of the abusive Dole.
After a while, Karl ventures out one day and comes across his old house where he confronts his father. Karl asks him a number of things concerning Karl's childhood and his little brother Karl once had.
Dole and Frank's mother would have a fight which would cause Dole to stay out of the picture for a while. Once Dole comes back, he would confront Karl and kick him out of the house and go back to his abusive ways towards Frank and his mother which was a big mistake.
In the end Karl would get the last laugh so a speak after killing Dole with a sling blade which would cause Karl to go back to the mental institution.
Sling Blade is a very good movie with a very good story to it. I really enjoyed this movie. This movie is defiantely one of my favorite movies of all time.
Scary but good. Sling Blade is a pretty shocking and intense film. Billy Bob Thornton is unrecognizable in this gritty and challenging role. His character has just been released from a mental ward and he befriends a young, sweet boy he has troubled family issues. Sling Blade is a slow cooker kind of film, he starts off slow but the last hour is just pure intensity and madness. John Ritter also stars and he's quite good as well, very under-rated and quiet performance. Gotta see this one, enjoy!
Your madula oblangatta will hurt for days. This classic would've gotten 5 stars, but hearing the late great J.T. Walsh use the phrase ''uncircumcized penis'' made me puke up my french fried taters with mustard. l thought John Ritter's character was really funny. Not funny as in queer, funny as in ha-ha.
changed my life. i wanted to watch a movie, so my dad brought out "sling blade" to watch. i didn't think much of it.. and i was wrong. this is possibly the most powerful movie i've ever seen. i cried twice during it. it is a work of art, with the way different soundtrack and the powerful message. it is the best movie i've ever seen. i think it's changed my life. i don't think words can explain how much this movie means to me. i can't say much more without spoiling it. please, please watch it. it's deep. the best way to watch it is quietly and only with few other people, with no other distractions.
sooo good! One of my favorites. I have purchased this for all my family and friends. Funny and touching!
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