Goat (2016) (original) (raw)

Reeling from a terrifying assault, a 19 year-old boy enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of "brotherhood" tests the boy and his loyalty to his brother in brutal ways.

Reeling from a terrifying assault, a 19 year-old boy enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of "brotherhood" tests the boy and his loyalty to his brother in brutal ways. (less)

Director: Andrew Neel
Writers: Andrew Neel, David Gordon Green, Mike Roberts (XXVI), Brad Land
Starring: James Franco, Nick Jonas, Virginia Gardner, Ben Schnetzer, Danny Flaherty, Jake Picking
Producers: James Franco, Robert A. Halmi, Vince Jolivette, Jim Reeve, Christine Vachon, John Wells

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Review

Review by Brian Orndorf, September 22, 2016

5 / 10

�Goat� is the nickname for a fraternity pledge -- a subservient, humiliated young man forced to participate in the worst hazing collegiate minds can conjure just for a chance to fit in and belong to a brotherhood. Co-writer/director Andrew Neel doesn�t skimp on the ghoulish details of fraternity pledging, trying to make �Goat� a powerful document of abuse and privilege while still itemizing all the horrors that go along with the process. It�s often ugly and eye-opening, but what Neel is missing is soulfulness, lacking a human touch in a picture that frequently goes for shock value under the gu ...read more...

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