DramaThriller

SOME FOLKS CALL IT A SLING BLADE

19940h 25m6.7 TMDb

Directed by George Hickenlooper

Spoiler-Free

25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and listens in horror about his life leading up to the crime.

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton

Karl Childers

Molly Ringwald

Teresa Tatum

J.T. Walsh

Charles Bushman

Jefferson Mays

Gerry Woolridge

Suzanne Cryer

Frances

Abby Abernathy

Brent Briscoe

Otto Coelho

Movie Vibe

Suspense6.7

Emotion6.7

Complexity5.6

Humor5.8

Realism6.6

Action5

Darkness5.6

Who would enjoy this

Recommended for

✓fans of character-driven stories
✓viewers who enjoy suspense and tension

May not appeal to

–those seeking nonstop action
–fans of purely lighthearted entertainment

People who liked this also enjoyed

9.0

Journey

1972

4.4

2nd Serve

2012

3.2

A Perfect Life

2011

6.8

Sweet and Lowdown

1999

5.2

Man About Town

2006

5.8

Pumpkin

2002

6.3

Mad City

1997

7.2

Smoke

1995

4.1

The Last Run

2004

5.6

The Last Sin Eater

2007

5.3

Kill the Poor

2003

6.0

Surveillance

2008

SOME FOLKS CALL IT A SLING BLADE

COMMUNITY REVIEWS