Goat – Das Aufnahmeritual (2016)

Goat – Das Aufnahmeritual: Directed by Andrew Neel. With Ben Schnetzer, Nick Jonas, Gus Halper, Danny Flaherty. Reeling from a terrifying assault, a 19 year-old enrolls into college with his brother and pledges the same fraternity. What happens there in the name of “brotherhood” tests him and his loyalty to his brother in brutal ways.

“Goat:nDirected by Andrew Neel and written by David Gordon Green, Andrew Neel and Mike Robertsu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGoat is a movie where we take the college hazing rituals, the kind that are gross, vile, humilating, embarassing and maybe a little funny, and we give them the Full Metal Jacket treatment. It is the story of two brothers, the older one already in the fraternity and the younger one who recently suffered a brutal assault. They enter into Hell Week and it is a descent into debaucherous behavior but from a more intense viewpoint. The film is quiet in places. It doesnu0026#39;t have the music lead you to where it wants you to go. It knows you will experience it without it. It offers no way out. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis can be a difficult film to watch. Hazing has traditionally been the subject of comedy. Itu0026#39;s funny to drink to excess, be paraded around campus in your underwear, stuck in a small cage after youu0026#39;ve vomited all over yourself. This movie does wallow in those elements. It sets things up by establishing the close relationship the two brothers have before and after the assault. It drags you into what it must feel like watching someone you love go through this kind of humilation especially after suffering the kind of assault that he did. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis was a powerful and very well made movie. It addressed what happens at these places and what it could possibly lead to. This movie is not something I would recommend to everyone. The tension does ratchet up a point that laughter is the only release possible. Be prepared for that when you enter into this film. I give this movie a B.”