GOAT2026

The GOAT of movies about animals playing basketball (move over Air Bud).  If you heard the premise or saw the trailer, you know exactly what this movie is. An underdog story about an unlikely rookie who saves the team and wins the championship. And yet it still worked for me. Of course, it was helped by how good it looks and being funny.  And I liked how the team captain was an underdog too, seeing how she never took home a trophy in her whole career. The team is a band of misfits but not really a team till the goat shows up to be expected. But it works.  These are archetypes, and they work because they are so classic. Every character has the right amount of screen time to be sympathetic but not overstay their welcome too badly. And despite Jett being kind of an antagonist, she still is sympathetic.  It’s a fun movie. I have no complaints. It’s entertaining, and I’m still never going to be tired of this art style. As long as they keep making movies that look this good, I will keep showing up.