Movie

Goat

2016 · 103 min

A grim, suffocating plunge into fraternity brutality and trauma, hard to shake and often painful to watch.

Tagline: Cruelty. Brutality. Fraternity.
Overview: Reeling from a terrifying assault, a nineteen year old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there, in the name of 'brotherhood,' tests him and his loyalty in brutal ways.
How it feels: Dark, tense, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Trauma, identity, loyalty, violence
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
identity
loyalty
violence
family
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild