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The Slaughter Rule [DVD]

Ryan Gosling (Actor), David Morse (Actor), Alex Smith (Director, Writer), Rated:

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3.9 80 ratings

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Genre	Romance
Format	Color, Widescreen, NTSC, DVD, Closed-captioned
Contributor	Amy Adams, David Morse, Clea DuVall, Alex Smith, Noah Watts, Kelly Lynch, Eddie Spears, Geraldine Keams, Douglas Seybern, David Cale, Kim DeLong, Andrew J. Smith, Ryan Gosling, Ken White See more
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 52 minutes

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The Slaughter Rule is a rich, intense portrait of a young football player facing losses, on the field and off. Roy Chutney (Gosling) is a defeated football hero whose only chance of saving his dignity is "the slaughter rule", a forced end to the game before the point of humiliation. Roy is lost in a world without rules, until renegade coach (Morse) and a new romance give him the strength for one last play. This lush cinematic journey, the first feature film from writers / directors Andrew and Alex Smith, debuted at he 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

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While it may sound like some brutal warrior metaphor for life, this story of a high school boy facing up to the complexities of the adult world is a tender drama about troubled souls. Amiable, good-natured Roy (Ryan Gosling) keeps life at arm's length until renegade coach Gid (a paternal David Morse, who nurses his own emotional wounds) scouts him for a rural six-man football league--a rough, unforgiving game as much rugby as traditional gridiron action--and brings out his hibernating alpha-wolf. Roy also gets lessons in love from "older woman" Clea Duvall, but this is not your usual coming-of-age film. Set on the forever plain and under the magnificent sky of the Montana high desert, and photographed with the crispness of a winter morning, The Slaughter Rule offers an unsentimental portrait of a world in which winning is secondary to simply surviving till the end of the game. --Sean Axmaker

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.01 x 0.01 x 0.01 inches; 4 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Alex Smith, Andrew J. Smith
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Widescreen, NTSC, DVD, Closed-captioned
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 52 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ February 18, 2003
Actors ‏ : ‎ Ryan Gosling, David Morse, Clea DuVall, David Cale, Eddie Spears
Studio ‏ : ‎ Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00007L4LN
Writers ‏ : ‎ Alex Smith, Andrew J. Smith
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Patrick W. Mehrens

Thought-provoking independent movie filmed in Montana

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2014

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A little known, but very good and thoughtful independent movie filmed in Montana. Concerns the relationship between a young football player cut from his high school team soon after his father died in a tragic accident (suicide?) and a coach of a 6-man independent football team that plays small Class C high school teams in rural Montana. Other reviewers have done a good job of summarizing the story and plot line, so I will just add that I enjoyed the movie a lot and found it very thought-provoking. Amy Adams is not the star here; David Morse and Ryan Gosling are, and they do a great job.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2003

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I bought the DVD because, sadly, I had missed the screenings and couldn't find it for rental anywhere. The Jay Farrar music and the Indians were the reasons for me seeing it. To be a little critical, it came off as Cohen-brothers lite; if you strung together all the slower sequences of Blood Simple and Fargo, you'd have this movie. I did like the fact that nothing followed convention, and the hopelessness of living was conveyed well. I could've done without the scene near the end where a Native drives up in warpaint, hair flowing, on a motorcycle - it's like things turned into a Sherman Alexie story all of the sudden.

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warren

empty box of promise

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2019

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acting? there is plenty of acting. all good. storyline? not so much. I mean try to get an interesting, invested story out of this. I couldn't, didn't, get involved. I won't watch it again or recommend it. just one of those things that happens now and then to some of us who love movies.

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Samantha Perez

Uhhh....

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2017

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This movie was very strange. The dialogue was low so I had a hard time understanding some of the actors. I love love love ryan g but I will probably never watch this movie again. It was about what I'm assuming is a high school student cut from his football team and he ends up joining a 6 men team with a complete stranger. The stranger gave me the creeps and I'm not sure if he was a pedophile or what but I did not like him.

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Liz Jones

Good movie

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2012

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I'm not sure I understood the relationship between the coach and Roy. Overall, I liked this movie a lot. The subplot about Tracy Two Dogs and his family, and his relationship with Roy, was a lot more interesting than the main plot, to me. The movie was definitely worth buying though. It's nice to see an accurate depiction of Montana in film for once.

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Kim J

Not the best but not the worst either. I don’t regret watching it.

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2020

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Decent movie but it’s old and like watching an old film. Seeing a young Ryan Gosling is cool. David Morse’s character is interesting but there is a lot of homophobia in this movie but it’s probably to be expected in a film with young football players set in an earlier time. It’s just OK, not great. If you have a serious Gosling infatuation you’ll probably love it lol.

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