Directed by:
Michael DowseComposer:
Ramachandra BorcarCast:
Seann William Scott, Alison Pill, Liev Schreiber, Jay Baruchel, Eugene Levy, Marc-André Grondin, David Paetkau, Jonathan Cherry, Kim Coates (more)VOD (2)
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Not content with his job as a bouncer at a local Beantown bar and a bit of an embarrassment to his accomplished family, Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott) dreams of the kind of success enjoyed by minor league hockey goon Ross Rhea (Liev Schreiber). When a chance encounter with an on-ice thug leads to a bloody fist fight that Doug easily wins, the coach of the Halifax Highlanders sees potential in this mammoth sized man who is only hampered by his lack of any hockey playing ability and his brother's old figure skates. Standing up to the taunts of the other players, Doug manages to join the team, and with the encouragement of his hockey obsessed best friend (Jay Baruchel) quickly becomes a rising star. Soon he'll have the opportunity to face off against Ross "The Boss" Rhea and perhaps finally land a girlfriend. Now - all he needs is to learn how to skate. (Reel Entertainment)
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I'm not an avid hockey fan, but when I do watch it, it's always with the anticipation of a boxing match, and with Goon you can enjoy that to the fullest. The story strongly resembles other American fairytale about the way to the top, but this time the sporting concept, the very indiscriminately and bloody battles and the irresistibly inappropriate fucking triumph over any kitsch make the film an easygoing and pure comedy that I would have watched more than once. Plus a great Scott and a literally lethal Liev Schreiber. :D
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What is special about this comedy is probably that the most serious thing in it is Seann William Scott. However, he performed absolutely brilliantly. I haven't seen a better movie and comedy at the same time from the hockey environment yet, until I saw this comedy. A totally awesome story about a player who didn't really know how to play hockey, but knew how to fight very well. Seann is brutally tough and slashes at everyone who deserves it. He slashes at players so often that by the end of the movie, his butt is so swollen that you can hardly recognize him. Nevertheless, after a long time, I had the feeling that I was watching a comedy that I definitely didn't see for the first time and probably not for the last time. It was so cool.
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If you're familiar with the excellent film Slap Shot with Paul Newman, then... this is pretty much the same thing, only about 1000% more vulgar. Were it a different film I would probably be bothered by such an excess of swearing, but it suits the hockey environment. Apart from the titular dumb hero, who is always going his own way, I really, really, really (and come to think of it, actually much more in the end) liked the goon played by Liev Schreiber. Maybe because he reminded me so much of the Pilsen goon Ryan Hollweg. I enjoyed myself to the tune of four stars, which was aided by many of the comments made by the sports commentator.
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I like hockey, I like Stiffler, I like fighting and blood. So there's no reason not to like this movie. A very original film that manages to entertain and thrill for 90 minutes. The fights are authentic and very tough, Stiffler is the man to beat and nobody stands a chance against him. It's just a film to entertain for a relaxing evening. I liked it very much. 80%
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