GOAT movie review: An entertaining watch

Rating: 3/5

Jabardasth star Sudheer Anand returns to the big screen with GOAT, the debut venture of Divyabharathi. Under the direction of Vedavyas Akula, GOAT promises to be a commercial entertainer. But will this film provide an enjoyable cinematic experience? Let’s find out.

Story

The story follows Rudravaram which slowly gets caught up with gambling and betting thanks to Moddhu Babji (Nithin Prasanna). This causes many villagers to get into some serious situations with their finances. Sir (Sudheer Anand), a laid-back goon from Vizag, accidentally kidnaps Subashini (Divyabharathi) after mistaking her for someone else. As they embark on an unexpected journey together, Sir begins to change his outlook on life. After getting to know about the issues facing Rudravaram from Subashini, many connections are found and Sir begins to learn about his mysterious connection to the village.

Performances

Sudheer Anand gives a genuine effort to portray a new side of himself. He does well in some comedic moments and the action was also enjoyable. Divyabharathi makes her Tollywood debut in a more down-to-earth portrayal. Although her role doesn’t have too much dialogue and plenty of emotional scenes, she does share a few nice moments with Sudheer. Motta Rajendran provided some laugh out loud moments. Brahmaji, Sarvadaman Banerjee, Anand Ramaraju, Nithin Prasanna and others gave decent performances.

Technicalities

Vedavyas Akula tries to incorporate elements of a commercial film and a social issue. It’s great to see them want to try and highlight the effects of gambling and there were a few entertaining moments throughout. However, a more engaging script and tighter storytelling could have made this film better. Mani Sharma’s background score helps the action scenes. The cinematography and editing were okay. The production values were good for what the story needed. There were some noticeable issues with the lip syncing, mainly in some of the characters.

Analysis

GOAT is an interesting social film that attempts to be an action comedy drama. It has some great comedic timing from Sudheer Anand and some amusing scenes. However, the story could have been more realistic. There were some plot holes and the storyline did not flow as well as it could have. The film lacked pace in the second half and the climax cricket match was not as exciting as it should have been. Although there were some nods to popular movies such as RRR and Animal, they did not really help the story.

Sudheer has put in a genuine effort and there are some amusing scenes. If the script had been better, the comedy had been better and the characters had been better portrayed then this could have been an engaging commercial.

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Suhas Sistu

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Suhas Sistu, born in a family with education background, brought up with good principles and education. Though, coming from Engineering backdrop, his love towards language and passion towards cinema made him to pursue career in film journalism. Started his career as a freelance content writer for some Youtube channels, he later joined HANS India as a translator. From translator to Reporter/Sr. Sub-Editor, his journey is continuing in our organisation.

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