Sling Blade vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Sling Blade). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 15m. Sling Blade is the older of the two (1996 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Sling Blade
The French Italian| Sling Blade | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Billy Bob Thornton | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, John Ritter, Dwight Yoakam | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Sling Blade
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.
The French Italian
Doug and Valerie have made a mistake. Their hate-fueled obsession with the jerks downstairs — who always seem to be singing karaoke in a brownstone, who even does that? — recently led them to flee the city for Doug’s parents’ place upstate, giving up a great deal on a rent-stabilized apartment. Their friends are horrified, and regret is setting in. They start plotting their revenge— and before they know it, they’re staging an off-Broadway play…
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