The Slaughter Rule

I found this movie stunning. Ryan Gosling does a great job being both confused and passive. But he eventually proves that he is both sensitive and resistent to David Morse potential abuse. David Morse' performance is studied but falls short I... Full review

I found this movie stunning. Ryan Gosling does a great job being both confused and passive. But he eventually proves that he is both sensitive and resistent to David Morse potential abuse. David Morse' performance is studied but falls short I... Full review

really good it was, it was, it was, it was, it was... is that 30 words yet? Com'on that's gotta be 30 words, it's gotta, it's gotta, it's gotta, it's gotta, it's gotta...... Full review

really good it was, it was, it was, it was, it was... is that 30 words yet? Com'on that's gotta be 30 words, it's gotta, it's gotta, it's gotta, it's gotta, it's gotta...... Full review

This movie has recently been playing on Showtime in my area and I was interested in watching it because I am a fan of both Ryan Gosling and David Morse. I first became a Ryan Gosling fan after seeing him... Full review

Great acting although I thought the story could have used a tweek. This was a great steal to catch it on cable.... Full review

Great acting although I thought the story could have used a tweek. This was a great steal to catch it on cable.... Full review

This movie wasn't the best I've ever seen. I'm actually embarrassed that I rented it. I thought that this would be a good movie...I should've guessed not when the guy working at Blockbuster said that he never heard of the movie... Full review

This movie wasn't the best I've ever seen. I'm actually embarrassed that I rented it. I thought that this would be a good movie...I should've guessed not when the guy working at Blockbuster said that he never heard of the movie... Full review

This movie illustrates the amazing acting skills of Ryan Gosling. He is able to captivate his audience and manipulate their emotions. Without his skill, I am afraid this movie would have been doomed.... Full review

Unfortunately, although "The Slaughter Rule" manages to avoid the syrupy sentimentality of, say, "Hoosiers," it doesn't quite know how to find its own way. The next best thing about the film is how well it captures not only the speed and savageness of six-man football, but the rural, rugged and hard scrabble Montana terrain in which it's played as well. ... Full Review

THE SLAUGHTER RULE Rated:R For movie details, please click here . One grim fairy tale, The Slaughter Rule, set in snowy, bleak Montana, is the twisted tale of the murky relationship between "normal" high schooler Roy Chutney (Ryan Gosling) and his gay football coach, Gideon (David Morse). ... Full Review

The intensity of some scenes is palpable; the two actors work very well together. There are uncomfortable moments between them Roy's best friend, an American Indian named Tracey (Eddie Spears), soon joins the team, too. ... Full Review

Written and directed by brothers Alex and Andrew Smith, "The Slaughter Rule" premiered at last year's Sundance film festival, where it won admirers among audiences and critics alike. As we soon discover, with Roy and almost every character in this gravely sincere film, that deer isn't just trapped -- it's lethally entangled in metaphor. ... Full Review

The Slaughter Rule, shot using a wide-screen process, looks terrific. Their relationship is at the heart of The Slaughter Rule (the title is a literal reference to the game, but also to Roys learning to accept responsibility for the fate of others). ... Full Review

"Our mainstay, our true companion on those road trips...was the music of Jay Farrar. That voice, those words. His music went to the heart of the heart of the country we traveled through, and fed our imagination..." -Andrew Smith and... ... Full Article

"The Slaughter Rule" is an overwrought drama about a small-town football coach with a tortured attraction to high school boys. The movie has a sympathy for the coach's pain, which makes sense. But it also has the typical independent-movie reluctance ... Full Article

In their screenplay for The Slaughter Rule , directors Andrew and Alex Smith return to their Montana roots, a place that's  hard and hardscrabble, honky-tonk cowboy and cold -- even indoors in winter -- and lonely. ... Full Article

Later, we are introduced to his mother, Evangeline (the youthful Kelly Lynch), who appears to have permitted Roy to raise himself.Evangeline is on the prowl looking for a meal ticket as her flower is beginning to wilt. ... Full Article