A simple man. A difficult choice.
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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Character
Earnest, contemplative, contemporary and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
Who loves it, who doesn't
47 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Sinceres.
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Cast
- Billy Bob ThorntonKarl Childers
- Dwight YoakamDoyle Hargraves
- J.T. WalshCharles Bushman
- John RitterVaughan Cunningham
- Lucas BlackFrank Wheatley
- Natalie CanerdayLinda Wheatley
- James HamptonJerry Woolridge
- Robert DuvallKarl's Father
- Rick DialBill Cox
- Brent BriscoeScooter Hodges
Crew
- Billy Bob ThorntonDirector
- Billy Bob ThorntonScreenplay
- Barry MarkowitzDirector of Photography
- Daniel LanoisOriginal Music Composer
- Hughes WinborneEditor
- Brandon RosserProducer
- David L. BushellProducer
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Cast Away 200078% alikeBoth contemporary, earnest, contemplative.
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Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to Curator Co.
