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Where’s an Attenborough When You Need One?: Neil’s Debut a Blank Slate
Acting and dialogue coach Christopher Neil, a vague member of the Coppola Clan, makes his directorial debut with Goats, an adaptation written for the screen by Mark Poirier, from his own novel. Having assembled a first rate cast for his feature, it’s too bad that not one memorable moment glances across the screen. Bland and tepid, the passage of time will only reiterate that quirky scenarios don’t provide the necessary backbone for a solid coming of age narrative.
Fifteen year old Ellis is about to leave his trust-fund headcase mother Wendy (Vera Farmiga) behind on her Tucson ranch house to attend the same isolated prep school his distant father found glory at. This is just too much for the New-Age advocate Wendy to handle, for, all his life, she has referred to his »
- Nicholas Bell
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