The Slaughter Rule

2002

Drama / Sport

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 77% · 30 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 42% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 2854 2.9K

american football coach male bonding dead father mother son relationship high school football

Director

Alex Smith Photo
Alex Smith

Top cast

Amy Adams Photo
Amy Adams as Doreen
Ryan Gosling Photo
Ryan Gosling as Roy Chutney
David Cale Photo
David Cale as Studebaker
David Morse Photo
David Morse as Gideon Ferguson
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1.05 GB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 57 min
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1.95 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 57 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by natashabowiepinky 6 / 10

Interesting character study...

This is possibly the only time I can remember where the name of a film was changed for the UK market, and I approve. After all... DRIVE TO DREAM is much better than THE SLAUGHTER RULE, dontcha think? It stars a rather young Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams in an American football themed story, which is usually the sort of thing I turn my nose at... but as long as the film concentrates on the people rather than the intricacies of the sport, I don't really care.The most notable achievement here is in writing the coach as a believable ambiguously gay man which is no mean feat... check out the film My Brother The Devil for an example of this trope done wrong. His friendship with Goslings young hotshot (who is a bit unsure about his sexuality himself) is well done, and there are other minor triumphs of personality based conflicts throughout. A very modest work, but one which is worth your time... 6/10
Reviewed by griffithxjohnson 5 / 10

Why does everyone act so strange?

A melancholy story that is carried by its tone & well shot scenes. Unfortunately the writing is so off putting that the purpose is lost in the strange mix. Serious subject matter but never properly examined with weird acting.. .. A melancholy story that is carried by its tone & well shot scenes. Unfortunately the writing is so off putting that the purpose is lost in the strange mix. Serious subject matter but never properly examined with weird acting.. .. A melancholy story that is carried by its tone & well shot scenes. Unfortunately the writing is so off putting that the purpose is lost in the strange mix. Serious subject matter but never properly examined with weird acting.
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