Goon
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: March 30, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
9
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenMar 29, 2012
Behind the film's brass knuckles are tender fingers. Why else would Goon use music from Puccini's "Turandot" to underscore critical dramatic moments? Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMar 29, 2012
Aside from Scott, only Liev Schreiber - as an aging competitor - manages to steady the frenetic swirl. Whenever the two of them are together, Goon stops skating around in circles, and matures into the funny, surprisingly touching movie it wants to be. Read full review
60
Time OutEric HynesMar 27, 2012
Despite being as pathetically penile-obsessed as any postmillennial comedy, Goon prevails where other sports-film farces fail thanks to Scott's winning, unwinking performance; Liev Schreiber's spot-on turn as a wizened, clock-punching rink assassin; and a pucked-up love of a bloody game. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 25, 2012
Brutal, bloody and presided over by a portrait of Her Majesty the Queen, the Canadian ice hockey in this movie is a cross between Rollerball and a prison riot: harking back to the robust certainties of Paul Newman's 1977 bonecruncher "Slap Shot." Read full review
60
Total FilmRosie FletcherMar 25, 2012
Lionising the pulverising, this is more fun than it has any right to be. The hockey technicalities may alienate, yet the demented, bone-crunching scraps, war-time team mentality and Whip-It style anarchy is addictive. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoApr 12, 2012
The movie's unlikely sincerity can't completely offset its ugliness for less bloodthirsty viewers, but it helps, and it does smooth over some narrative rough edges. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeMar 25, 2012
What a disappointment. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMay 25, 2012
When a film's clichés are so obvious that its cast points them out for you, you've got to wonder how hard it's really trying. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 29, 2012
Goon feels like a movie starring a gimmick, not a person. Read full review
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