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.Friday, 6 September 2019
THE GOOB **
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.
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