Sling Blade 1996

8/10


NETFLIX Rating : 4


IMDB Rating : 8


FD Smart Rating : 8


Synopsis : A man returns home after being released from a psychiatric hospital, where he'd been confined since age 12 for murdering his mother and her lover.


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Andorra , Christmas Island , Cook Islands , Fiji , Holy See , Kiribati , Malta , Monaco , Nauru , New Caledonia , New Zealand , Niue , Norfolk Island , Papua New Guinea , Samoa , San Marino , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Tuvalu , Vanuatu

Languages:

Spanish , French , English , Italian

Subtitles:

French , Spanish , English , Italian

Genres:

Drama

Release Date:

1996

Run Time:

2h14m

Maturity Rating:

Suitable for age 12 or older.

A partially handicapped man named Karl is released from a mental hospital, about 20 years after murdering his mother and another person. Karl is often questioned if he will ever kill again, and he shrugs in response saying there is no reason to. Now out of the mental institution, Karl settles in his old, small hometown, occupying himself by fixing motors. After meeting a young boy named Frank, who befriends him, Karl is invited to stay at Frank's house with his mother Linda, who views Karl as a strange but kind and generous man. However, Linda's abusive boyfriend, Doyle, sees things differently in the way rules ought to be run- normally insulting Linda's homosexual friend Vaughan as well as Karl's disabilities, and having wild parties with his friends. As Karl's relationship with Frank grows, he is watchful of Doyle's cruel actions.