Goon

Not content with his job as a bouncer at a local Beantown bar and a bit of an embarrassment to his accomplished family, Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott) dreams of the kind of success enjoyed by minor league hockey goon Ross Rhea (Liev Schreiber). When a chance encounter with an on-ice thug leads to a bloody fist fight that Doug easily wins, the coach of the Halifax Highlanders sees potential in this mammoth sized man who is only hampered by his lack of any hockey playing ability and his brother's old figure skates.

Standing up to the taunts of the other players, Doug manages to join the team, and with the encouragement of his hockey obsessed best friend (Jay Baruchel) quickly becomes a rising star. Soon he'll have the opportunity to face off against Ross The Boss Rhea and perhaps finally land a girlfriend. Now – all he needs is to learn how to skate.

Critic Reviews:

• " Utimately, Goon succeeds even within the comfortable criteria set forth by dozens of sports films that have come before it. " – Ed Travis

• " I laughed so hard I almost injured myself. My distinguished colleague fell out of his chair. " – Sean Burns

• " As the brutality ramps up, and the story gains real consequence, for some reason, we actually laugh harder. Goon is a comedy, often a very funny one, but you might be hesitant to call it that once you've actually seen it. " – Bilge Ebiri