Goats
Metascore
38 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 13 Critics

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  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Aug 7, 2012
    20
    Incapable of energizing Mark Poirier's leaden script (based on his own novel), Christopher Neil directs with a mechanical blandness made more tedious still by a score of gentle guitar strumming so aggravatingly benign it might inspire you to partake in one of Wendy's climactic, cathartic primal screams.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Aug 9, 2012
    0
    Goats is just b-a-a-a-aad.

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  1. pinattar
    6
    I think you have to be a fan of he book to really enjoy the movie, since the author of the book wrote the screen play. And I got that feeling when I watched the movie, there were parts that didn't really make sense to me, things happened that seemed pretty important but were no explanation as to why they happened (mainly near the end). That being said I did enjoy the movie, it wasn't great, but Graham Phillips (Ellis) was an interesting and well acted character that kept me interested. I really liked the scenes with him at the school interacting with his roommate (Nicholas Lobue) and scenes with his father (Ty Burrell) and his girlfriend (Keri Russell), all of whom acted really well. I would have liked to see more scenes with them. I didn't really care for the parts of the movie that took place in Arizona, but the parts also David Duchovny enjoyable. In all it's a good movie, well acted, directed and really good dialogue but I would have probable liked the movie more if there won't as many loose ends as there were and if it had a better ending. By the way this is not a comedy like the trailer makes it seem, its more of a light drama. 6.5/10… Full Review »
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