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The Goob

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A long hot summer in rural Norfolk and a rough coming of age for Goob Taylor, fighting with brutal, womanizing stock car racer Gene Womack for his mother's attention, and falling for the exotic charms of a pretty foreign field worker.

Year

2015

Duration

1h 24m

IMDb

5.7

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Cast

GM

Guy Myhill

Director

Liam Walpole

Goob

Paul Popplewell

Levi

Cast

GM

Guy Myhill

Director

Liam Walpole

Goob

Paul Popplewell

Levi

Sienna Guillory

Janet

Hannah Spearritt

Mary

Sean Harris

Womack

JC

Joe Copsey

Rod

MF

Martin Ferguson

Boo

KB

Kirianne Busby

Dee Leggett

OK

Oliver Kennedy

Elliott

Marama Corlett

Eva

RF

Rosa French

Rosa

GM

Guy Myhill

Writer

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10 Comments

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King_Feena👑Dec 24, 2024

Was pretty impressed by this, Sean Harris as usual is a nasty violent angry man, but does it so well you can't help but like the guy, he would scare me thats for sure if I came to blows, he's the kinda guy albeit small and weasel like that would fight to the death and never back down. The movie reminded me of some aspects of other movies, namely Sex & Lucia where she is riding on the motorbike, the director had most likely seen this movie, but did it well in all honesty and replaced Paz Vega with 'The Goob', and also The War Zone, Tim Roth's only directorial debut. The main character Goob did a great job for a first time job, and Oliver Kennedy was very good, and sure to see him in lots more. I would rate it a solid 6, maybe a 7 if you wanna see Sienna Guillory getting ass banged against a wall lol!

Asmae CharifiDec 24, 2024

At times this is an uncomfortable watch, to say it's gritty is an understatement. The story focuses on school leaver Goob and his sudden transformation into adulthood. Set in a rather downtrodden bit of Norfolk it shows how bleak life is for him. Goob's stepfather Gene makes his life hell, but things are turned upside down for Goob when he meets young Eva and falls for her. Truly excellent performances, the young man himself Liam Walpole is fantastic as the lead, and I will be stunned if further roles don't follow for him. As is so often the case though, my attention is grabbed by Sean Harris, i'm not sure what it is this guy has got, but he's got something, he actually manages to scare me somehow. When he's angry he means it. Sienna Guillory manages to show us how versatile she is, one minute she does historical drama, and the next she's like a contestant on the Jeremy Kyle show, she is a superb actress. I've read of people comparing this to Tyrannosaur, I can see the resemblance but I think that hit much harder then this. It's an excellent film, all about the acting, no gimmicks, no special effects, no gun scenes, all about the performances. 8/10

خوسين 😁Dec 24, 2024

Two words - spare and edgy. I love catching a film I know nothing about and enjoying it so much that bedtime gets later! The Goob is such a beast! The story is as old as time; son don't get on with evil new step dad, but it done so well, so low key that it is fresh. Cinematographer Simon Tindall achieves the impossible; making Norfolk look dreamily beautiful, harsh, ethereal and always with an undercurrent of menace. Director Guy Myhill does a great job - he takes his time but builds up the atmosphere, the story and the tension with skill and care. There is real romance here, and the many different ways of searching for it. There are believable comic interludes and there is no padding. Lead Liam Walpole is hypnotic and totally convincing, even when totally still! He looked spookily like Richard Ashcroft live on stage at Glasto!

Fena GituDec 24, 2024

Set during a hot summer we meet Goob who at sixteen has spent his time helping his mother out at her roadside café and farming pumpkins in the adjoining filed. Sounds a bit dull, but there is always the stock car racing and his mum falls for a womanising violent cliché of a man in the shape of Womack (Sean Harris '71' and 'Southcliffe') who likes to race his battered old motors. He and Goob do not get on and the inevitable friction develops with the very easily foreseen violence. There are asides to the story and some well observed teenage bonding and Elliot (Oliver Kennedy) makes for a very diverting interlude. Goob also starts to explore his own sexuality -in being attracted to one of the foreign seasonal workers – completing the coming of age theme. This is a film with a linear narrative and no back story. It relies on an immediate connection with the players and that is often very sparse as there is not much time to build empathy. That said the performances are all assured with only a few clichéd moments, and they mostly work given the context and the fact the Womack is a bully and therefore a child and a coward. All in all a well made independent film, that will not be to everyone's taste but has enough to ensure that we see more from writer and director Guy Myhill – recommended to fans of truly independent films.

حمزاوي الحاسي♥♥Dec 24, 2024

There is an awful lot of popcorn pap that comes out of Hollywood that doesn't deserve the attention given, so it is refreshing to see a film that has no fuss. The Goob is a wonderful film, very much in the tradition of Tyrannosaur and Fish Tank and tells a local story of life in the Fens. Some new faces and the lead is mesmerising and convincing as a young man on the edge of manhood. Very reminiscent of Tyrannosaur with some tough acting, characters and life in the raw, sometimes not pretty but recognisably real. Go see it, this is a good story, fantastic acting and the Brits have the best nutters!

Prince_BellitiIMay 29, 2023

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Levs🙏🏾💫🔝🇨🇮🇧🇪Nov 22, 2022

They manage to depict Norfolk so dreary is indeed a feat !!! Naturally Goob steals the show, his step dad balances up the energy by being so intense and fearsome. Great soundtrack.

oforiwaapepNov 22, 2022

This coming-of-age movie scores brownie points over similar films of its ilk if only for its setting. This isn't one of those cosy American high-school comedies but set rather in a working-class Norfolk of farmers and drag-car races which is probably as close to America as its likely to get. Guy Myhill's "The Goob" was co-produced by the BBC and it has the look and feel of those good BBC television 'plays' from 30 or 40 years ago but with added sex and swearing. It's meandering and well cast, (Sean Harris is the most familiar face), and a mid-movie suggestion it might go down the same road as "God's Own Country" is quickly banished, (the sex here is decidedly heterosexual). All the performances are excellent.

HakimOfficialNov 22, 2022

Two words - spare and edgy. I love catching a film I know nothing about and enjoying it so much that bedtime gets later! The Goob is such a beast! The story is as old as time; son don't get on with evil new step dad, but it done so well, so low key that it is fresh. Cinematographer Simon Tindall achieves the impossible; making Norfolk look dreamily beautiful, harsh, ethereal and always with an undercurrent of menace. Director Guy Myhill does a great job - he takes his time but builds up the atmosphere, the story and the tension with skill and care. There is real romance here, and the many different ways of searching for it. There are believable comic interludes and there is no padding. Lead Liam Walpole is hypnotic and totally convincing, even when totally still! He looked spookily like Richard Ashcroft live on stage at Glasto!