Goon Review

Interest: 8.5/10

Acting: 8/10

Storyline: 7.5/10

Intensity: 8/10

Fights Guns or Otherwise: 10/10

Nudity: 3/10

Comedy: 9/10

Sport: 9/10

Gore: 10/10

Logic: 10/10

Goon is a 2011 film. It is a comedy sports film. Its runtime is one hour and thirty-two minutes. Its three stars are Seann William Scott ( Known for American Pie, American Wedding, Dude, Where’s My Car, and American Pie 2), Jay Baruchel (Known for Goon, This Is the End, How to Train Your Dragon, and How to Train Your Dragon 2) and Alison Pill (Known for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Goon, Milk, and Dan in Real Life) A quick summary of the film is “ A man is considered an outcast by his family, he works as a bouncer, overcoming odds to become a hockey player, and lead a misfit crew of semi-pro hockey players to glory, all while beating the crap out of everything in his path.” Let’s have a look shall we?

Interest: Goon is honestly very interesting. It pulls you in easily, like an old friend in a crowded bar. It grabs you pulls you in and it holds your interest, and there is always something going on, and there is almost no slowing down. For a comedy, it is honestly better than I was expecting.

Acting: The acting in Goon was actually good. Everyone got into character and stayed in them well. I will even say that perhaps I got lost in the characters as they were just average Joes for the most part, but they all did something extreme. It was fun, and if Seann William Scott is trying to get out of comedy roles, this movie helped him be a little more serious to me.

Storyline: The storyline isn’t some immaculate story where you’re entrenched in the lore. But for what Goon is, its honestly not bad, it’s mostly a feel good story, although the sad bits are indeed sad. I enjoyed the story and I mean there aren’t any glaring holes or an ending that makes you wonder what happened. Solid and sweet are the way I see the storyline.

Intensity: Some scenes in the film are pretty intense. Most of the fights are intense, and some of the heart strings that get pulled on are intense well. I think this film, for being a comedy and the bad rap they get for filmography as somehow being less than other films, is an excellent statement to the contrary, and it needs that recognition. Plus hockey is just an intense sport!

Fights, Guns, or Otherwise: Fights in the film are pretty regular, it is hockey after all. But besides that there are verbal conflicts, and even spit fights, which pardon my language, is fucking disgusting! Fights mostly consist of fistfights, ranging anywhere from serious to comedic. Verbal conflicts are typically between team mates, or between teams. Goon does a good job of making the fights seem worth it and varied, even though almost all of them are fist fights.

Nudity: There is one or two scenes in which nudity is shown, just a quick boob, not a full blown sex scene. Does it add to the film? To some extent it does, showing a hockey player living the life of Johnny Manziel, before he was the Johnny Manziel we know. But otherwise it was just boob and that was about it.

Comedy: The movie made me laugh a lot, and I even got teary eyed from laughing so much at one point. I think for a modern comedy, it knows its audience, and it completely takes advantage of that in the best way possible.

Sport: The sport part of the film is the focal point. I don’t know much about the actual sport of hockey and its rules, but from what I can tell, the movie did well portraying the sport, as well as glorifying it and making someone as an outsider see the sport, and see why people would like it. I enjoyed it and may even watch hockey in the future.

Gore: There is a surprising amount of gore in the film. At first I was surprised, but then it came to me that this is a hockey film, so it was bound to happen. It brings a nice transition from a comedy to a serious, almost action movie vibe to the movie, without going completely crazy and gun-ho. As would be something like the film series The Expendables.

Logic: The logic in the film was solid. I didn’t see anything that needs a giant neon sign above it saying “Warning!” or anything like that. The logic almost feels like it was thought out, ended nicely, and things just made sense.

Did I enjoy the film? Absolutely. Do I recommend the film? I certainly do. While it may be dumb humor in the film, it hits a spot that I need scratched from time to time, and it certainly hit the mark, I was laughing the whole way through the film. Does that mean I’ll use any of the movies quotes in real life? No probably not, but that’s okay. I enjoyed it, and You possibly might too if you’re a Seann William Scott fan. All in all I give the film a 83% and while that is high, all this is up to opinion, but I think most people will enjoy it, plus it is on Netflix! Until Next Time!