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Movie Info

Goob Taylor, a 16-year-old struggling to come of age, fights for his mother's attention with Gene, her stock-car-driving boyfriend, while falling in love with a pretty foreign field worker.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Guy Myhill
Producer:

Michael Elliott, Lee Groombridge
Writer:

Guy Myhill
Runtime:

1h 26m
Production Co:

BBC Films

Cast & Crew

Sienna Guillory
Janet

Hannah Spearritt
Mary

Sean Harris
Womack

Marama Corlett
Eva

Paul Popplewell
Levi

Liam Walpole
Goob

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Critic Reviews for The Goob

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (1)

The Goob is less about linear narrative than presenting a fragmentary drift of events and a spirit of place that's deeply claustrophobic.

May 31, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Jonathan Romney
Observer (UK)
Doesn't quite live up to its early promise, but still a solid debut from first-time British writer/director.

May 29, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Adam Woodward
Little White Lies
The writer-director Guy Myhill brings an engaging mix of abrasiveness and lyricism to a film that seems at times like a British equivalent to David Gordon Green's early films.

May 28, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Geoffrey Macnab
Independent (UK)
The setting for Guy Myhill's terrific coming-of-age drama The Goob is the wind-blasted flatland of rural Norfolk, but there's a reckless, lawless quality to this land and its community that evokes the backwoods of America's deep south.

May 28, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Wendy Ide
Times (UK)
A really intelligent essay in classic Brit social realism, well-acted and beautifully photographed by cinematographer Simon Tindall.

May 28, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
Despite the wide-open scenery, the film exerts a forceful, pressure-cooker sense of claustrophobic inevitability.

May 26, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Cath Clarke
Time Out
Some typical Britfilm flourishes are present and correct - moody shots of the Goob whipping through the long grass, brandishing a stick - but the Norfolk setting, its sincere leads and an affecting score keep things a touch above the usual.

May 28, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Damon Wise
Radio Times
There is a skittishness to Guy Myhill's debut that initially feels impressionistic but ultimately seems like carelessness as his narrative weaves unsteadily through its central character's coming of age, unsure where to place its emphasis.

May 25, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film
At the centre of it all, lanky newcomer Walpole gives a remarkable, sympathetic performance as a boy on the cusp of manhood, struggling with the pressures of a small-town environment and a half-formed desire for something more.

May 25, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Nikki Baughan
The List
Both alluring and achingly desolate ... It's hard to say what Myhill's goal for film is, apart placing Norfolk centre stage.

November 19, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Lisa Giles-Keddie
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