Is Sling Blade right for your family?
Movie 1996 135 min
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.
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Likely present: ViolenceHeavy emotional content
The description of a mentally disabled man who committed a murder suggests past violence and heavy emotional content.
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