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
Out in Theaters: ‘GOAT’
by Matt Oakes Posted in Out in Theaters Tagged Andrew Neel, Ben Schnetzer, David Gordon Green, Goat, James Franco, Nick Jonas, Out in Theaters, Reviews, Sundance 2016 1 Comment