In the 21st century, outside of Pixar/Disney, high budget animated movies have been rather mundane. There are exceptions, of course (How to Train Your Dragon series, most notably), but you know what I mean. Columbia Pictures' latest basketball themed animated feature GOAT, borrows every cliche from the sports movie narrative. A small, undersized goat (voiced by Will Harris) dreams of becoming a professional basketball player, in a world much like Zootopia's array of various animal species. Along the way, he'll stumble a few times, get his ass kicked, but when all's said and done, he'll hit the low percentage game winner that'll guarantee his team the coveted championship.
Goat is too loud, I'd say even too colorful (I know: I didn't think that could be an issue, but here we are), and features basketball plays ran at such frenetic pace that it's hard to tell what's going on. The one thing that was clear, however, was that the 'bad' guys dunk almost exclusively. Such lack of suspense is typical in movies this brainless: no one hardly ever misses a shot. Kids may like this, but I doubt they'll remember it for long; adults are bound to be bored, as was yours truly.
So do yourselves a favor, and watch either of the two Zootopia movies, for this is only a poor knockoff of those superior universes.
☆1/2
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