Goat harrowingly explores the hypocrisy of fraternal brotherhood, bearing witness to the ugly rights of passage that men must submit to into order to earn their badge of masculinity. In Andrew Neel‘s testosterone-fueled melodrama, ideas of modern masculinity are examined through the lens of the Phi Sigma Mu fraternity of the fictitious Brookman University as new arriving “goats” (that’s pledges to those who don’t speak frat) are victim to a brutal “hell week”. Read More
Sundance ’16 Review: ‘GOAT’
by Matt Oakes Posted in Festival Reviews Tagged Andrew Neel, Ben Schnetzer, Brad Land, David Gordon Green, Goat, James Franco, Nick Jonas, Reviews, Sundance 2016, Sundance Reviews 1 Comment