
Overview
Genre :
Comedy, DramaRelease Date :
March 30, 2012 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Michael DowseStarring :
Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Liev Schreiber, Marc-Andre Grondin, Eugene Levy, Kim Coates, Nicholas Campbell, Richard Clarkin
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics
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Review rate : B-
“..wish that Goon were more than a sports-comedy blueprint outfitted with some pretty funny lines..”
“..wish that Goon were more than a sports-comedy blueprint outfitted with some pretty funny lines..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]

“..the very violent but also very funny..”
by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]
“..the helmer once again shows he knows how to deliver smart entertainment with cinematic vigor..”
by Robert Koehler [Variety]

“..the dialogue, while filthy, is wickedly funny, and sounds perfect coming out of the mouths of these beaten-down characters in their low-rent surroundings..”
by Kyle Smith [New York Post]

“..prevails where other sports-film farces fail thanks to Scott’s winning..”
by Eric Hynes [Time Out New York]

“..only it's not particularly funny. Call it Unsuperbad..”
by Stephen Cole [Globe and Mail]
“..often very funny..”
by John DeFore [Hollywood Reporter]

“..manages to make it feel fresh, thanks to an amusing script, muscular direction, and a couple of fine central performances..”
by Chris Tilly [IGN Movies UK]

“..it never does anything with this point, since the film only cares about underdog-makes-good pap..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Review rate : A-
“..it is loud, violent, but really, really sharp..”
“..it is loud, violent, but really, really sharp..”
by Jordan Hoffman [IFC.com]

“..good for lowdown fun, this subversive comedy invites us in to celebrate its idiosyncratic bunch of sweet-natured goons..”
by Kathleen Murphy [MSN Movies]
“..asking what's crueler: enjoying the spectacle of blood on ice or taking away a livelihood from those who can't do anything else?..”
by Nick Pinkerton [Village Voice]





