Ryan Gosling,
David Morse,
Clea DuVall,
David Cale,
Eddie Spears
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A teenager at a personal crossroads finds himself questioning the things that have given his life meaning in this independent coming-of-age drama. Roy Chutney (Ryan Gosling) is a high school senior in... read more
DVD Release Date: February 17, 2003
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June 29, 2005[font=Century Gothic]In "The Slaughter Rule", Roy(Ryan Gosling) is not having the best of weeks - his father is killed, then he is cut from his high school football team, apparently for not being angry enough. A coach of an independent six-man football team, Gideon(David Morse) r... read more
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August 23, 2008I only watched it because it was filmed at my highschool, and my friend is one of the twins on the football team.
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February 16, 2011
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine
February 16, 2011
Joe Leydon, Variety
As compellingly played by Morse, a great actor who gives pic more than it gives him, Gideon comes off as a sensitive soul who knows how risky it can be to appear too sensitive in a small town. Full Review
February 16, 2011
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
David Morse, who's spent the last 20 years kicking around network television and building up an resume of impressive movie credits, establishes himself as a truly formidable presence in this powerful ... Full Review
February 7, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Writer-directors Andrew and Alex Smith go for emotional truth, but what they come up with is often silly. Full Review
January 23, 2003
Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times
Unlike Terrence Malick, whose shadow looms over the film's visual style, the Smiths over-explain, not grasping that all those barren fields and blood-red clouds are doing plenty of work for them. Full Review
January 8, 2003
Megan Turner, New York Post
Its focus on the complex relationship between an emotionally wounded youth and the sexually ambiguous older man who mentors him is a welcome detour from genre routine.
July 10, 2002
Stephen Holden, New York Times
This promising but confused first film is best viewed as a touching portrait of thwarted, volatile male passion in a world where you could almost say that geography is destiny Full Review
April 8, 2002
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
A coming-of-age tale that nicely exploits the ruggedness of rural Montana and the rough-hewn, often tenuous nature of male friendships in those parts.
February 16, 2011
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
The writing and directing team of twin brothers Alex and Andrew Smith have made an astonishingly good first feature. Full Review
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