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Sling Blade was released in 1996 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 629 reviews, giving Sling Blade (1996) an average rating of 83%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 89%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 85%.
With a score of 83%, Sling Blade is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1996 with similar scores include films like Secrets & Lies and When We Were Kings.
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