Twenty-five years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thornton) is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter (Molly Ringwald) comes to talk to him, and after some fussing about her gender, the institution's director lets her talk to Karl.
If you want to see a creepy little black and white film with Thornton making a strange voice and chatting with Molly Ringwald about murdering people, I guess this is the film you want to see. Or, you could watch the actual "Sling Blade" (though I do not think Ringwald is in it).
This is the kind of picture that stands alone and does just fine, without need to be expanded to a full-length feature. And yet, they did that with great success. Well played.
If you want to see a creepy little black and white film with Thornton making a strange voice and chatting with Molly Ringwald about murdering people, I guess this is the film you want to see. Or, you could watch the actual "Sling Blade" (though I do not think Ringwald is in it).
This is the kind of picture that stands alone and does just fine, without need to be expanded to a full-length feature. And yet, they did that with great success. Well played.