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Goats (2012)

Goats poster
Directed by
Christopher Neil
Genre
drama film, comedy film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 113 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy leaves his eccentric mother and her hippie boyfriend at home to attend a fancy prep school. He struggles to fit in while maintaining ties to the adults in his unconventional household.

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What happens

Goats is a 2012 comedy-drama film directed by Christopher Neil and written by Mark Poirier based on his 2000 novel Goats. The film stars David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Graham Phillips, Keri Russell, Justin Kirk, and Ty Burrell. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2012, and was given a limited release in the United States on August 10, 2012, by Image Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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