Goats

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Goats

R

2012

1h 34m

Comedy

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A teen (Graham Phillips) leaves his comfy home for prep school, where he joins the track team, waits for care packages from his pot-smoking buddy (David Duchovny) and falls in love with a promiscuous cafeteria worker (Dakota Johnson).

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Critics Consensus

Goats reaches for profundity but mostly offers inane bleating, with David Duchovny's beard proving the most distinguishing feature of this bland dramedy.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Aug 10, 2012

2/5

Nibbles on a lot of stuff it never gets around to digesting.

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Sara Stewart

New York Post

Aug 10, 2012

2/4

If I were Holden Caulfield, I might call it lousy.

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Aug 9, 2012

2.5/5

If Mr. Neil had the tonal mastery of Wes Anderson, "Goats" could have been so much more than an episodic sequence of whimsical little psychodramas.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Jul 25, 2019

Bland and tepid, the passage of time will only reiterate that quirky scenarios don't provide the necessary backbone for a solid coming of age narrative.

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Ron Wilkinson

Monsters and Critics

Aug 23, 2012

7/10

A sweet junket into the land of the new agers, and youth that refuses to grow old.

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Shannon M. Houston

Paste Magazine

Aug 16, 2012

6.2/10

A strong cast and the sweet and simple nature of the script (based on the novel by Mark Poirier) makes Goats a charming little indie tale worth the viewing.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jun 16, 2025

Unfunny in 1 hour and 34 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Jul 9, 2016

Great film. The critics how hat it are assholes and the people, well...you're probably assholes too.

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Jul 5, 2016

really bad and bad comdey

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May 16, 2016

Another coming-of-age from a dysfunctional family comedy.

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Nov 2, 2015

perfect movie for passing some time. not great, not terrible.

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Oct 9, 2015

Loved it. Some continuity problems, i.e. tulips at thanksgiving and a "goat man" who doesn't realize goats will eat anything in sight.

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Synopsis

A teen (Graham Phillips) leaves his comfy home for prep school, where he joins the track team, waits for care packages from his pot-smoking buddy (David Duchovny) and falls in love with a promiscuous cafeteria worker (Dakota Johnson).

Director: Christopher Neil
Producer: Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Shannon Lail, Christopher Neil, Eric Kopeloff
Screenwriter: Mark Jude Poirier
Distributor: Image Entertainment
Production Co: Red Crown Productions
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Drug Content|Sexuality|Teen Drug and Alcohol Use)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 10, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2015
Runtime: 1h 34m

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