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Goon

Goon

Comedy · Drama · 2012

Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling, is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the "muscle." Despite the fact that Glatt can't skate, his best friend, Pat, convinces him to give it a shot, and Glatt becomes a hero to the team and their fans, until the league's reigning goon becomes threatened by Glatt's success and decides to even the score.

Movie details

Goon

“Meet Doug, the nicest guy you'll ever fight.”

2012 Comedy · Drama 1h 32m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.8 / 10

92.8K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

81 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

64 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling, is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the "muscle." Despite the fact that Glatt can't skate, his best friend, Pat, convinces him to give it a shot, and Glatt becomes a hero to the team and their fans, until the league's reigning goon becomes threatened by Glatt's success and decides to even the score.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Goon?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Dowse

Written by

Jay Baruchel · Evan Goldberg

Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott

Doug Glatt

Marc-André Grondin

Marc-André Grondin

Xavier Laflamme

Alison Pill

Alison Pill

Eva

Jay Baruchel

Jay Baruchel

Pat

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Ross Rhea

Eugene Levy

Eugene Levy

Dr. Glatt

Kim Coates

Kim Coates

Ronnie Hortense

Court is in session

Put Goon on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.