Directed by Billy Bob Thornton
An Academy Award-winning drama film directed by Billy Bob Thornton. Winner of Best Adapted Screenplay, with 1 additional Oscar nomination.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 13%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.5/10
908 ratings
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
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