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  • 2012
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary In Goats, Ellis is the most adult member of his eccentric family at 15 years old. His mom is a New Age hippie that spends all of her time working on self-help rituals with her hustler boyfriend. His dad left home years ago and is more focused on his new wife and family. And then there’s Goat Man, the goat-herding sage who has lived in...

Directed By: Christopher Neil

Written By: Mark Poirier

  • 2012
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m

Goats

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary In Goats, Ellis is the most adult member of his eccentric family at 15 years old. His mom is a New Age hippie that spends all of her time working on self-help rituals with her hustler boyfriend. His dad left home years ago and is more focused on his new wife and family. And then there’s Goat Man, the goat-herding sage who has lived in...

Directed By: Christopher Neil

Written By: Mark Poirier

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60
Aug 7, 2012
Farmiga persuades as a kooky monster of a matriarch, while Javier is an ideal vessel for Duchovny's laconic line readings (he's grown into an even more deadpan Bill Murray). Goats may cover an all-too-familiar terrain, but at least it grazes it well.
By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW
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Jul 28, 2012
Overall, it's not that Neil's directorial debut is boring or even disappointing, it's that it's just unexceptional – almost exactly the sort of dime-a-dozen growing-up story that's become a Sundance/ independent film world cliché.
By Todd Gilchrist FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 10, 2012
First-time director Christopher Neil (a Coppola cousin) scores points for scenery: The treks in the Arizona desert are shot beautifully - as is Duchovny's chiseled, oft-naked bod.
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50
Aug 9, 2012
Christopher Neil's film is more location-scouted and photographed than directed and acted.
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Aug 8, 2012
Ms. Farmiga is the only one who seems to be having any fun, as an aging flower child stuck in an earlier decade and addicted to healing vortex workshops and primal screams. Mellow, but very much a work in progress, Goats has a bland but overcrowded menu that could benefit from a little feta.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 28, 2012
A coming-of-age story without any clear epiphany, Goats meanders rather aimlessly through 92 minutes of running time.
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Aug 9, 2012
Goats is just b-a-a-a-aad.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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11% Negative
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Production Company Eva Daniels Productions, Red Crown Productions
Release Date Aug 10, 2012
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline You can't choose your family...or can you?
Website http://redcrownproductions.com/films/view/8
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