- Studio: Magnet Releasing
- Release Date: Mar 30, 2012
- Starring: Alison Pill, Eugene Levy, Jay Baruchel, Liev Schreiber, Seann William Scott
- Summary: Labelled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way. (Magnet Releasing)
- Director: Michael Dowse
- Genre(s): Sport, Comedy
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 24
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Mixed: 9 out of 24
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Negative: 1 out of 24
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Mar 28, 201291Where George Roy Hill's "Slap Shot," the former reigning champ of the narrow hockey-film canon, descends into anticlimactic late-game zaniness, Goon fully commits to its theme of violence for violence's sake. It's "Paper Lion" by way of Sam Peckinpah.
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80Crude, violent and deeply enjoyable.
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60Behind the film's brass knuckles are tender fingers. Why else would Goon use music from Puccini's "Turandot" to underscore critical dramatic moments?
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25A second-rate dude comedy in which an untalented knucklehead becomes a star through brute violence.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 19
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Mixed: 0 out of 19
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Negative: 4 out of 19
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