Okay, color me crazy, but Michael Dowse's new hockey comedy, Goon, looks pretty funny. (Dowse is responsible for the under-rated indie comedy It's All Gone Pete Tong  as well as the forgettable Take Me Home Tonight from earlier this year.) Maybe it's because I like hockey. Maybe it's because I liked the grand-daddy of hockey comedies, Slap Shot (with Paul Newman) and I even liked Mystery, Alaska(with Russell Crowe.) Mystery's not really in the same vein as Goon, but Slap Shot sure is.  

I'm not a devoted Seann William Scott fan by any stretch, but Kim Coates (who is so brilliant in "Sons of Anarchy") yelling at his players might be enough to get me into the theater. And I absolutely love that big ole daddy bear Liev Schreiber is the villain here.

The synopsis is: "Goon is the story of Doug Glatt (Scott), a down-on-his-luck bouncer, who’s been touched by the fist of God. Upon discovering both his right hook and skates, he joins a hockey team destined for the cellar and inspires them into the playoffs." (Although if you aren't instantly hooked by the trailer it probably doesn't matter.)

Goon stars Scott, Schreiber, Coates, Jay Baruschel, the wonderful Allison Pill and Eugene Levy. Currently without a release schedule,Goon screened at TIFF and was picked up by Magnolia’s Magnet Pictures for distribution.

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