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Sling Blade Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    Outstanding film, great cast

    by redyeah

    Billy Bob Thorton's best film is Sling Blade. The movie obviously deals with a lot of complex issues, but makes them a little less 'in your face' due to the great dialogue. The best grunts in film hostory can and will be heard here mmm.

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Sling Blade Critic Reviews

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  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Edward Guthmann

    A story that's startling, soulful and absolutely unforgettable.

  • 100
    Washington Post | Rita Kempley

    Like the eloquent, darkly funny dialogue, the film's characters, setting and...

  • 100
    USA Today |

    Sling Blade is about a society barely holding on by its fingernails, the home...

  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    It's a beautiful contraption of a movie, a gothic backwoods fable that uses its...

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