The Slaughter Rule (2002)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.0/10   

Directors:

Alex Smith
Andrew J. Smith

Escritores (WGA):

Alex Smith (written by) &
Andrew J. Smith (written by)

Género:

Drama | Deporte

Plot:

A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.

Plot Keywords:

American Football | Gay Interest | Diabetic | Gay Friend | Rancher's Son

Premios:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Amongst Male Compassion

Reparto

Ryan Gosling	...	Roy Chutney
David Morse	...	Gideon 'Gid' Ferguson
Clea DuVall	...	Skyla Sisco
David Cale	...	Floyd aka Studebaker
Eddie Spears	...	Tracy Two Dogs
Kelly Lynch	...	Evangeline Chutney
Amy Adams	...	Doreen
Ken White	...	Russ Colfax
Noah Watts	...	Waylon Walks Along
Kim DeLong	...	Lem Axelrod
Geraldine Keams	...	Gretchen Two Dogs
Douglas Seybern	...	Uncle Peyton
Cody Harvey	...	Coach Motlow
Melkon Andonian	...	Devo
J.P. Gabriel	...	Jute

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual content.

Duración:

112 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

Finland:K-15 | USA:TV-MA (cable rating) | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Centerville, Montana, USA

Compañía:

Solaris

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003) (TV)

Amongst Male Compassion

Love is difficult no matter what relationships are binded together. However, male bonding can be the most difficult and fraught with anxiety. To find love among men means weakness in parts of our society. "The Slaughter Rule" converges on that dilemma within an archetypal framework of male sports.

Superb casting is generated in the chemistry between the mature teenager Roy Chutney (Ryan Gosling) and adolescent adult Gideon Ferguson (David Morse), who wrangle on the dangerous edge of pederasty. Not finding true love with women, Gid searches and grasps for intimacy the only way he has known: football. Roy subconsciously searches for the father he never really had, getting a little more than he bargained for in return.

In bleak blizzard landscapes and amid hard scrabble lives, the Smith brothers and their camera freeze on the action, whether on the playing fields or the local restaurant or honky tonk. Beautifully photographed in Montana and containing wonderfully written dialogue, one feels they have known the characters for a long, long time. They embody flesh, blood, bones, brains, guts, heart, and love.