My gosh what a beautiful film. Billy Bob captures the small southern town to a "t." He completely envelopes himself in his character; you don't even recognize him. The acting from the rest of the cast is so honest and ordinary, it's amazing. Dwight Yoakam plays Doyle as a weak, cruel bastard of a man who deserved exactly what he got. The screenplay is like liquid, as it goes along, and the tinges of lighting that harken towards it being a play enhance those scenes greatly.

Where has this version of Thornton gone?

Billy Bob Thornton should have won the Oscar that year cos when you can transform yourself that much and make it believable that should win you the award. This movie was excellent though you could see what was going to happen, there was too much foresight into how it was all going to play out, but every character had a purpose and each actor did a great job telling the story. This movie has made me respect Billy Bob as a director and an actor. Very excellent movie.

OK how do I describe Sling Blade? It's brilliantly acted, touching, heartwarming, sad, heartbreaking, awkward, amazing, and FUCKING HILARIOUS! Yeah I know weird right? This film has to be the funniest unintentionally funny film I've ever seen. It has all of the things I mentioned above which make it an absolutely great film, but I swear to you it's one of the funniest things I've ever seen. I'm not sure if anyone else understands why I find it so damn funny, but I do along with every other emotion I mentioned and it's a fucking fantastic movie. Billy Bob Thornton deserved the Oscar nod, and somehow manages to look like a completely different person by simply scrunching his face up. See this film you may not laugh your ass off like I did, but odds are you'll get the other things about it and love it!

Some folks call it a good movie, I call it a great movie. Strong performances set against beautiful small town American landscapes.

Billy Bob Thornton plays Karl, a man with learning difficulties who has spent his adult life within a psychiatric hospital after killing his mother and her boyfriend as a child. He is about to be freed and has a world to make sense of; he is befriended by a lonely young boy, his mother and her gay friend, but is not welcomed by her boyfriend.
Billy Bob Thornton gave a stunning performance, 10/10 to him, but I can't give the film as a whole 10/10 because I felt that the story didn't quite hold together - I didn't believe the reasons for, and manner of, Karl's release and his 'adoption' in the community, but was predictable in its outcome.
Great film though!

Billy Bob Thornton plays Karl, a man with learning difficulties who has spent his adult life within a psychiatric hospital after killing his mother and her boyfriend as a child. He is about to be freed and has a world to make sense of; he is befriended by a lonely young boy, his mother and her gay friend, but is not welcomed by her boyfriend.
Billy Bob Thornton gave a stunning performance, 10/10 to him, but I can't give the film as a whole 10/10 because I felt that the story didn't quite hold together - I didn't believe the reasons for, and manner of, Karl's release and his 'adoption' in the community, but was predictable in its outcome.
Great film though!

challenges our moral believes...

Escrito, dirigido y actuado por Billy Bob, tomas largas, buena música, un pueblo que se siente, y una actuación inolvidable. Obra maestra.

Some folks call it a good movie, I call it a great movie. Strong performances set against beautiful small town American landscapes.

Pretty good film I reckon. Mmmmhmmmm

It was an impressive performance from Billy Bob Thornton but it just seems like we're supposed to hand oscars out to actors who play it special!

One of the best characters studies ever preformed in a film. Billy Bob Thorton is simply amazing.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.