Review of Goon (2012) by Dawdlingpoet — 27 Nov 2021

This felt like a film of two halfs, as it were - its really quite violent, in terms of depicting bloody sports related injuries on the ice, with some pretty strong language, hence showing the macho world of male ice hockey playing but then there's the romance sub-plot as well, which shows the main character, Doug, in a different light. Its somewhat amusing at times and I can't say I didn't feel sympathy for Doug but it didn't really appeal to me greatly overall. I don't feel its the sort of film I'm likely to remember in much detail in the future. I suppose it was a bit too 'in your face' for my personal liking - there are some cliches present too.

I felt like those who made the film may have argued over which direction its meant to take because the romance angle really doesn't fit in well with the masculine aspect but then again, I suppose the point maybe is that Doug didn't fit in before he stumbled into a sports career and he still doesn't - if you find that sort of thing greatly amusing as such then gives this a watch, if not then its probably not worth going out of your way to see. Personally, when I think of ice based sports film with a comedy angle/element, the film 'Blades of Glory' comes to mind as my (current) favourite.

Would I specifically recommend it? no. Its not awful, the main character is ok and I liked Seann William Scott's performance as said main character, Doug but its not one of the better sports related films I've seen and it didn't appeal too much to me overall.