Sling Blade
Movie • 1996 • Drama
ReportKarl Childers is a mentally disabled man who 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, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
This movie contains 8 potentially triggering events.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Abuse
Is there domestic violence?
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Addiction
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Animal
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Bodily Harm
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
A character (a mentally disabled man) tells a story about his parents making him throw away a living infant after it was born extremely premature. The character was only a child himself at the time and thought throwing the infant away was too cruel, so he buried it instead. He regrets it.
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Family
Does a parent die?
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A child’s parent is lost by suicide. Another parent has been murdered. Both off screen and only mentioned in the film.
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Fear
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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You are safe. Not even a mention of it that I can recall.
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Yes but it is NOT apart of the film— only within the script. Nothing happens on screen!
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Anonymous
"Queer" is used but not in a completely negative context. It's used by a kid talking about his gay friend. It's the only term for gay he knows. It's repeated by another character later (who also didn't know any better), but he is corrected to use gay instead.
"F*g" is used later by another person, obviously in a negative way.
"F*g" is used later by another person, obviously in a negative way.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Anonymous
A lot of it. Language and physical violence.
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Sex
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Spoiler
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Violence
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