The Goob

2014

1h 26m

Drama

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85%

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13 Reviews

49%

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100+ Ratings

Goob Taylor, a 16-year-old struggling to come of age, fights for his mother's attention with Gene, her stock-car-driving boyfriend, while falling in love with a pretty foreign field worker.

Jonathan Romney

Observer (UK)

The Goob is less about linear narrative than presenting a fragmentary drift of events and a spirit of place that's deeply claustrophobic.

Rated: 3/5

May 31, 2015

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Adam Woodward

Little White Lies

Doesn't quite live up to its early promise, but still a solid debut from first-time British writer/director.

Rated: 3/5

May 29, 2015

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

The writer-director Guy Myhill brings an engaging mix of abrasiveness and lyricism to a film that seems at times like a British equivalent to David Gordon Green's early films.

Rated: 3/5

May 28, 2015

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Angus Batey

NME (New Musical Express)

The bleakly beautiful Norfolk backdrops subvert cliché, but the characters' obeisance to tinpot tyrant Gene leaves an inexplicable hole at the heart of the film.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 23, 2021

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Damon Wise

Radio Times

Some typical Britfilm flourishes are present and correct - moody shots of the Goob whipping through the long grass, brandishing a stick - but the Norfolk setting, its sincere leads and an affecting score keep things a touch above the usual.

Rated: 3/5

May 28, 2015

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

There is a skittishness to Guy Myhill's debut that initially feels impressionistic but ultimately seems like carelessness as his narrative weaves unsteadily through its central character's coming of age, unsure where to place its emphasis.

Rated: 2.5/5

May 25, 2015

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Audience Member

Unsettling, raw, no idea how its going to end. What a great film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

It's fine, characters not massively engaging neither the story but passed the time.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Feels like a very formulaic coming of age British mood flick. Sean Harris wheels out his psycho role (does he play anything else?) but you never really get why? In fact you never really get why anything is happening. To that end, you never really care either.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

Holds your attention enough, very typical of one of these sorts of British films. A few things in the script where itï¿ 1/2 1/2(TM)s a bit odd (the main characterï¿ 1/2 1/2(TM)s Mum and how she acts with him for one). Has the usual pointless ending. But itï¿ 1/2 1/2(TM)s watchable enough.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Between a 6/10 and 7/10, The Goob is less about linear narrative than presenting a fragmentary drift of events and a spirit of place that's deeply claustrophobic.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

fairly decent acting and a nice setting doesn't help an almost pointless story with no real resolutions to any of the stories on offer.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/25/17

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Synopsis

Goob Taylor, a 16-year-old struggling to come of age, fights for his mother's attention with Gene, her stock-car-driving boyfriend, while falling in love with a pretty foreign field worker.

Director: Guy Myhill
Producer: Michael Elliott, Lee Groombridge
Screenwriter: Guy Myhill
Production Co: BBC Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 26m