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Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more
Janet Maslin, New York Times: An abundance of long, flat medium shots that rob the film of intimacy and give it a sleepy pace. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: A mesmerizing parable of good and evil and a splendid example of Southern storytelling at its most poetic and imaginative. Read more
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: If there were the slightest justice and curiosity in the Academy Award process, Thornton's work here would get a nomination. Read more
Dwight Garner, Salon.com: By its midpoint, however, Thornton has begun forcing both the film's poetry and the preternatural goodness of its simple-minded protagonist, and Sling Blade's sweet charms begin to curdle. Read more
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: All the actors in Sling Blade do magnificent work, but it's Thornton who stays with you for days. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Sling Blade takes you down paths full of primitive, almost biblical implications, but it also finds comic relief in moments of palpable tension. Read more
Rita Kempley, Washington Post: A masterpiece of Southern storytelling. Read more