Goon
The daddy of all ice hockey movies is 'Slap Shot' starring Paul Newman. 'Goon' starring Seann William Scott comes a very close second.
Doug Glatt comes from a brainy family, the problem is he isn't brainy. His talent lies in violence. His love of a brawl leads him to become involved with a local Ice Hockey team. He learns to skate but most of all he learns how to fight on the ice. He becomes a hit (in more ways than one).
Glatt is given a chance with a bigger and better side, his job to protect their star player who has all the moves but has lost his confidence since he took a hammering from Ross Rhea (played by (Liev Schreiber).
At first Glatt and LaFlamme, the star (played by Marc-André Grondin) do not hit it off.
From the start we can see that Glatt believes in the team - unlike the rest of his team, especially LaFlamme.
His first couple of games are not a success.
He meets Eva - falls for her. She confesses that she is hot for hockey players, the violence and the booze. She also admits she has a boyfriend, that she is a bad girlfriend because she likes to sleep around. (Don't worry folks - that bit all turns out ok by the end of the movie).
A change occurs in the team. They start winning. They are on for the play-offs but their last game means that Doug Glatt will have to face Ross Rhea and that is the fight everyone wants.
It is the fight they get.
Glatt wins. Movie ends.
The first half of the movie is the best it is where the humour and violence perfectly mesh. It is also when Kim Coates gets to give some of his best lines as the coach.
The fight scenes are good.
The comedy is broad and crude; more importantly it is very funny.
Glatt's character of the nice but sometimes dim is well done - he compensates for his stupidity not only with the violence but with a loyalty and honesty that eventually wins over his team mates. They may only think he is there to hurt people and to bleed for the team but he sees himself as a hockey player.
The change in LaFlamme is well done as well - normally these characters go from being nasty to nice without much cause, here there is a nice gradual change.
All in all this was a solid movie that made me laugh. It could have been stronger in the last third.
Worth going to see (and you don't even need to know much about hockey).
Has a great soundtrack.
IMDB gives it a 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes gives it 64% from critics and 65% from audience.
Doug Glatt comes from a brainy family, the problem is he isn't brainy. His talent lies in violence. His love of a brawl leads him to become involved with a local Ice Hockey team. He learns to skate but most of all he learns how to fight on the ice. He becomes a hit (in more ways than one).
Glatt is given a chance with a bigger and better side, his job to protect their star player who has all the moves but has lost his confidence since he took a hammering from Ross Rhea (played by (Liev Schreiber).
At first Glatt and LaFlamme, the star (played by Marc-André Grondin) do not hit it off.
From the start we can see that Glatt believes in the team - unlike the rest of his team, especially LaFlamme.
His first couple of games are not a success.
He meets Eva - falls for her. She confesses that she is hot for hockey players, the violence and the booze. She also admits she has a boyfriend, that she is a bad girlfriend because she likes to sleep around. (Don't worry folks - that bit all turns out ok by the end of the movie).
A change occurs in the team. They start winning. They are on for the play-offs but their last game means that Doug Glatt will have to face Ross Rhea and that is the fight everyone wants.
It is the fight they get.
Glatt wins. Movie ends.
The first half of the movie is the best it is where the humour and violence perfectly mesh. It is also when Kim Coates gets to give some of his best lines as the coach.
The fight scenes are good.
The comedy is broad and crude; more importantly it is very funny.
Glatt's character of the nice but sometimes dim is well done - he compensates for his stupidity not only with the violence but with a loyalty and honesty that eventually wins over his team mates. They may only think he is there to hurt people and to bleed for the team but he sees himself as a hockey player.
The change in LaFlamme is well done as well - normally these characters go from being nasty to nice without much cause, here there is a nice gradual change.
All in all this was a solid movie that made me laugh. It could have been stronger in the last third.
Worth going to see (and you don't even need to know much about hockey).
Has a great soundtrack.
IMDB gives it a 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes gives it 64% from critics and 65% from audience.
Written By: Jay Baruchel , Evan Goldberg (Screenplay)
Length: 92 minutes.
January 2012
Magnolia Pictures
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