A simple man. A difficult choice. 25 years after commiting an unthinkable crime quiet Karl is finally returning home. Once there the mentally disabled man is befriended by a fatherless boy and his mother. But when his newfound peace is shattered by the mother's abusive boyfriend Karl is suddenly placed on a collision course with his past... Winner of the 1997 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Billy Bob Thornton who was also nominated for the Best Actor award.
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Thriller starring Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers, a mildly retarded man who has spent most of his life in a mental institution. When Karl was 12-years-old, he discovered his mother making love to a man he'd never seen before. He snapped and killed them both. Released from the institution as a result of budget cuts, Karl says he has learnt his lesson and ends up in a small town where he's befriended by Frank (Lucas Black), the son of a widowed mother who sees the eccentric but open-hearted Karl as a kindred spirit. Frank's mother, Linda (Natalie Canerday), also takes a liking to Karl and lets him stay with them after he gets a job at a fix-it shop. However, Karl also meets Doyle (Dwight Yoakam), Linda's boyfriend, a cruel, narrow-minded drunk who tosses casual abuse at Frank, treats Linda like dirt, and doesn't trust Karl.
After catching his mother and her boyfriend 'in flagrante delicto' and dispatching both of them with a farm implement known as a sling blade a simpleminded 11-year-old boy is sent to a mental hospital where he spends the next 25 years Upon his release the emotionally and mentally stunted man-child returns to his Arkansas hometown and takes a job in a local garage only to have the past inexorably repeat itself An indie-film triumph adapted by star-writer-director Thornton from his 1993 short Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade Academy Award Nominations 2 including Best Actor--Billy Bob Thornton Academy Awards Best Adapted Screenplay
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