Goat

Currently Only in Theaters

Runtime: 1 Hours 40 Minutes

Rated PG

“Roots run deep.”

In a world where roarball reigns supreme — a brutal, high-speed, full-contact sport ruled by the biggest and fiercest predators on the planet — no one expects a small goat to survive, let alone compete.

But when Will, an undersized and overlooked dreamer, gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot at going pro, he refuses to back down. Thrown into a league dominated by towering beasts and lightning-fast elites, Will becomes the punchline of the locker room and the target on the field as he joins a team that hasn’t won a game in years.

As the season builds toward the ultimate showdown, Will must rally a divided team, silence his critics, and show the world that greatness isn’t measured in pounds — it’s measured in courage.

Because in roarball, legends aren’t born…

They’re bred to believe that smalls can ball!

Themes:

Sports, Roarball, the G.O.A.T., teamwork, height, believing in oneself, skill, management, hope, dreams, contracts, fame, acceptance, biases, mistreating people, shame, friendship, ego, loss, support, confidence, sharing, fatherhood, winning, dream big, champions, being washed up, turnarounds, aging, injury, and a great come back story.

Language:

Dang - 2 Heck - 2 Sucks - 1 Gosh - 3 Thank God - 1

"There are some play-on-words statements, such as, “sheep, she took my pie,” and “I’m gonna coach the skat out of you.”

One character tells a bird to “stick it up your cloaca.” On a bird, a cloaca is a single, multi-purpose posterior opening where the digestive, urinary, and reproductive tracts all empty.

Name-calling, such as kiddie, fool, small, big, and mutt.

Stuff to be aware of:

Gross - A lizard character sheds his skin in multiple scenes, and the skin ends up being thrown on people. A baby rhino farts in a man’s sleep apnea machine.

LGBTQ - These could be LGBTQ depending on how the viewer chooses to decipher them.

A male and female character discuss how attractive a famous female character is. Her abs are mentioned. The female character from this scene later tells her friends she has a date, and when asked with whom, she says, “your mom.”

One male character mentions that, “now I’m taking my chains off,” and another male character says, “take it all off!”

There is a kiss camera briefly that shows animal characters kissing. I could not really decipher if all the animals were opposite sex or if some were same sex.

A female-sounding voice yells for a male character to marry her. Right after this, a male-sounding voice yells, “no marry me!”

Sexual - There are multiple scenes I will list here that, in some way or another, are sexual in nature.

A bear’s butt crack is seen at the top of his pants.

A female boar is in a mud bath. Her shoulders are seen, but the rest of her is covered in mud.

A gerbil talks about how he has a ton of kids, and a ton of them are seen throughout the movie. At one point, his wife tells him she is pregnant, and at the end of the film, he runs off-screen and tells his wife lets have thirteen more kids.

Violence - multiple times a predator tells another animal they are going to eat them.

Other - Two male characters who are thought to hate each other tell one another they love each other, but this is not done in a romantic way.

Overall:

Seeing It With Your Family

This one is about on par with Zootopia 2 as far as family friendliness goes. However, there is more kisses and some inuendo that I mention above that parents will want to be aware of. These are mostly just for laughs and will likely go over younger children’s heads.

What I Thought

I went into this movie with zero expectations. Honestly, I figured this would just be another animated attempt to make money, however I was pleasantly surprised.

This movie has a unique animation style similar to the Spider-Verse movies, so I figured, regardless of whether the story was good or not, it would be visually appealing. The visuals are cool, but this movie also had heart. The story isn’t anything new; a failing team is revamped when a new player joins and helps turn around the team’s attitude, but the execution, story, and interesting animal characters make it feel new and fun. The main characters (except Modo, who is a crazy Komodo dragon) struggle with relatable issues, and a few go on a journey through the course of the movie and grow and develop. I even found some of the dialogue to actually be funny and found myself almost tearing up in a few scenes.

In a landscape where many animated movies lack heart, story, or are just a sequel, this one stands out. I am not sure that it will go down in animated legend history like Beauty and the Beast or Toy Story, but it was a fun and entertaining animal sports movie. Yeah, I guess that is a thing?