The Slaughter Rule

This is a very strange "coming of age" movie about Roy Chutney, played by Ryan when he was about 19.  It involves football, a coach named Gid played by David Morse who is "probably" gay and has a partner named Studebaker.  Add a few Blackfoot Indians into the mix, a mother who curls up naked on her bed crying, and a couple of games played in knee-deep snow that has no spectators  Honestly, I have no idea what the writer or director was going for. I missed the beginning, so perhaps it explained the plot a bit more.  I can say with certainty that Gosling was excellent as always, the music by Jay Farrar of Son Volt was outstanding, and Morse was so bizarre that someone should have thrown a net over him.