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Goon

Canada, United States

2011

90 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
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DIR Michael Dowse

PROD Don Carmody, Ian Dimerman, David Gross, André Rouleau, Jesse Shapira

SCR Jay Baruchel, Evan Goldberg, Adam Frattasio, Doug Smith

DP Bobby Shore

CAST Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Marc-André Grondin, Eugene Levy, Liev Schreiber, Kim Coates, David Paetkau, Jonathan Cherry, Ricky Mabe

ED Reginald Harkema

PROD DES Andrea Spakowski

MUSIC Ramachandra Bocar

Toronto (Special Presentations)

Synopsis

Acclaimed maverick Michael Dowse returns to the Festival with his latest, Goon, a raucous, hilarious take on Canada’s one true national obsession — hockey — and the divisive topic of violence in the game. Co-written by and starring Jay Baruchel (The Trotsky, Tropic Thunder) and boasting a truly great cast including Seann William Scott, Nicholas Campbell, Liev Schrieber, Alison Pill, Kim Coates, Eugene Levy, and Marc-Andre Grondin — Goon is the Canadian comedy counterpart to Jimi Hendrix’s version of the “The Star Spangled Banner”: sacreligious, twisted and, somehow, perversely patriotic. –TIFF

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29Apr13

Pretty damn cute.

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Synyoung Li

20Apr13

A sweet, humanistic musing of how Andy Dwyer would be as a hockey fighter.

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mnovaes

9Mar13

Cisne Negro. Só que sem pieguice. Só que com hockey. Só que com nekro na trilha.

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Sean

7Feb13

Goon was a pretty fun watch and I actually enjoyed Seann William Scott in this, I thought he was pretty fantastic. Laughed pretty hard in some parts but mostly I enjoyed how it wasn't a straight out comedy, some nice dramatic elements helped make this film seem grounded.

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Oy Canada: GOON And The Apotheosis Of Jewish Wish Fulfillment

By Twitchfilm.com on March 4, 2012
In one of the many classic scenes from the 1980 film, an old lady asks the stewardess aboard her <b>AIRPLANE</b> for something “light” to read. She’s in turn handed a “leaflet” entitled  <a href=“http
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Weinberg Reviews GOON

By Twitchfilm.com on March 3, 2012
Hockey fans don’t have all that many movies to call their own. Oh sure, young movie buffs probably still have fond recollections of Disney’s Mighty Ducks franchise (good lord), and those who are slightly
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New Clip From Michael Dowse's GOON Lays Out The Two Most Important Rules Of Hockey

By Twitchfilm.com on December 13, 2011
Though I can’t quite shake the niggling feeling that you may need to be Canadian to fully appreciate Michael Dowse’s raunchy hockey comedy Goon the simple fact is that I am Canadian. And, oh yes, I appreciate
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Sean William Scott Spatters The New GOON Trailer Red With Blood

By Twitchfilm.com on November 7, 2011
I’m going to let you in on a secret about my home country. Though Canadians have a reputation internationally for being kind, polite people the reality is that a recent study found that we were actually
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A Happy Gilmore What If Tale?

By MR. Univers​e on May 29, 2012

This is an American feel good tale only told in Canada. The film is quite simple, Cut and dry

Co-Star and Co-Writer Jay Baruchel wanted to make this film after reading the book it is based on…  read review

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