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      Goats

      2012, Comedy, 1h 34m

      27 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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      Goats reaches for profundity but mostly offers inane bleating, with David Duchovny's beard proving the most distinguishing feature of this bland dramedy. Read critic reviews

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      A teen (Graham Phillips) leaves his comfy home for prep school, where he joins the track team, waits for care packages from his pot-smoking buddy (David Duchovny) and falls in love with a promiscuous cafeteria worker (Dakota Johnson).

      • Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Drug Content|Sexuality|Teen Drug and Alcohol Use)

      • Genre: Comedy

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Christopher Neil

      • Producer: Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Shannon Lail, Eric Kopeloff

      • Writer: Mark Jude Poirier

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      • Distributor: Image Entertainment

      • Production Co: Red Crown Productions

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      • Oct 18, 2013

        In "Goats," 15-year old Ellis(Graham Phillips, of "The Good Wife) is leaving home for the first time to attend a prep school back east and will not be around anymore to do the bookkeeping for his mom(Vera Farmiga). What she is really angry about is that this might bring him into the orbit of the estranged baby daddy(Ty Burrell), but at least she has Bennet(Justin Kirk, always where the pot is) to keep her company. And at least Goat Man(David Duchovny) promises to send Ellis some weed which would not be such a big problem if Ellis and his roommate Barney(Nicholas Lobue) were not caught smoking by the track coach(Anthony Anderson) who in turn blackmails Ellis into trying out for the team. In the entry in the dictionary for the word scattershot, there should be a copy of the movie poster of "Goats, as aimless it can be, emphasizing the strange places some of us have to go for our Vera Farmiga fix. So, maybe you can't make a very good movie involving goats. The important thing is the movie is also brimming with non sequiturs which in the right place, namely here, can be sort of fun, as the movie follows a teenager coming of age and choosing who he wants to be while being torn between two very different lifestyles. And it does not hurt that David Duchovny gives a surprisingly relaxed performance while Keri Russell proves that "The Americans" is no fluke.

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      • Feb 19, 2013

        Strangely endearing, but not very exciting. I most likely added a half a star due to David Duchovny being in it. He is a funny, lovely man...

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      • Dec 14, 2012

        "What an odd but enjoyable film. If you like a good dysfunctional family film, then this is a movie for you. The mother, Wendy, is far, far out there. I have never seen David Duchovny this way, and I liked it. Goat Man is very cool, lol. It's your usual story of a boy who is estranged from his father, has a crazy loon of a mother, and hippie substitute for a father. It's definitely one of the more quirkier films I have seen this year. I liked Ellis. I felt bad for the kid though. His mother is way to dependent on him which makes her take the childs role while he plays grown up. Goat Man steals every scene he is in. He's definitely one of the most interesting characters I've seen in awhile. It's a fun little indie flick. I would see it again."

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      • Aug 11, 2012

        An odd little comedy, with a very talented cast.

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