You know, Billy Bob Thornton might be a weirdo, but he’s a pretty good actor. He wrote, directed, and starred in this movie. We watched it over the course of two evenings this week. For whatever reason, I enjoyed the first half of the movie more than the second, but overall, we both liked it. I think the tail end of the movie was slightly less enjoyable because we figured out how it was going to end and that took some steam out of it.
It was a story of a mentally handicapped man who was released from a mental institution after being there from the age of 12 for the murder of his mother and her boyfriend. After being released, he befriended this 12 year old boy who takes him home to meet his mother. The boy’s mother lets the guy stay in her garage. It wasn’t clear what era the movie took place in, but we were guessing more recent times, so that part seemed a little unbelievable. But, hey, maybe that’s how they do things in Arkansas. What do I know? Anyway, the boy’s mother has a abusive boyfriend and to avoid giving away the ending, let’s just say, things go downhill from there.