Sling Blade/YMMV


 * Big Lipped Alligator Moment: Karl's.
 * Complete Monster: Averted with Doyle, perhaps; he's mean with a very much hidden gentle streak, which is nonetheless completely obscured by his Jerkass-ity.
 * Played straight by J. T. Walsh's character, Charles, in the Book Ends in the State Hospital.
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome:  Also,
 * Crowning Music of Awesome: Pretty much all of Daniel Lanois' score. Also a well-placed country ballad when Karl and Melinda are on their 'date' and.
 * Crowning Moment of Heartwarming:
 * Karl proclaims that he'd never hurt Linda or Karl, and would lay his hand on the Bible and say the same thing.
 * Hollywood Homely: Billy Bob Thornton was told by Billy Wilder that he was too ugly to be an actor and should write a screenplay to exploit his features
 * Moral Event Horizon: Doyle's may be when he flings poor Terrence in his wheelchair against the screen door in the act of kicking his band out.
 * The Woobie: Frankie. He is consistently oppressed by his mother's boyfriend, as well as constantly being turned down by his crush Karen Cross. He does get his share of hugs, but don't you feel like you need to give him one more?
 * Moral Event Horizon: Doyle's may be when he flings poor Terrence in his wheelchair against the screen door in the act of kicking his band out.
 * The Woobie: Frankie. He is consistently oppressed by his mother's boyfriend, as well as constantly being turned down by his crush Karen Cross. He does get his share of hugs, but don't you feel like you need to give him one more?
 * The Woobie: Frankie. He is consistently oppressed by his mother's boyfriend, as well as constantly being turned down by his crush Karen Cross. He does get his share of hugs, but don't you feel like you need to give him one more?