This thing threatens so much near-greatness its not immediately clear what’s holding it back. Sean William Scott (yes, Stifler) is barely recognisable, holds the lead spot effortlessly and earns a career reboot with help from a semi stellar indiewood cast (including Leiv Schreiber and Alison Pill). But it’s a sprinter trying to run a marathon and it keeps playing the same hand. Goon manages as good a job of inverting a sport as Moneyball did, but it’s so cocky and keen to win you over it blows all its best licks at the top and just comes way too soon.
This thing threatens so much near-greatness its not immediately clear what’s holding it back. Sean William Scott (yes, Stifler) is barely recognisable, holds the lead spot effortlessly and earns a career reboot with help from a semi stellar indiewood cast (including Leiv Schreiber and Alison Pill). But it’s a sprinter trying to run a marathon and it keeps playing the same hand. Goon manages as good a job of inverting a sport as Moneyball did, but it’s so cocky and keen to win you over it blows all its best licks at the top and just comes way too soon.