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Goats (2012)
- R
- 01/24/2012 (US)
- Comedy
- 1h 32m
You can't choose your family...or can you?
Overview
Having a self-absorbed New Age mother and an estranged father has meant 15-year-old Ellis Whitman has grown up relying on an unconventional guardian: a goat-trekking, marijuana-growing sage called 'Goat Man'. When Ellis decides to leave the alternative ways of his desert homestead for a stuffy East Coast prep school, major changes are in store.
Mark Poirier
Novel, ScreenplayChristopher Neil
DirectorCast
![David Duchovny's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/rZ2pEvu9IYsnHx3ElWUy4KgK3ia.jpg)
David Duchovny
Goat Man![Vera Farmiga's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/zpdjQwP68TCVjg4eumyPSi3Z13p.jpg)
Vera Farmiga
Wendy Whitman![Graham Phillips's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/qyEOvDgUEB7r2hc3DlYmB3wCVjN.jpg)
Graham Phillips
Ellis Whitman![Keri Russell's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/u81mC6vZwliDRfnX1DpdGmmex61.jpg)
Keri Russell
Judy Whitman![Justin Kirk's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/68QWfaIoOYy4QzjnjiXPXxnpT6u.jpg)
Justin Kirk
Bennet![Ty Burrell's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/zXrrbvW2ZKHYHbhujDj8aBlO4yx.jpg)
Ty Burrell
Frank Whitman![Dakota Johnson's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/rtxJfCCLdp1oi7bQ1ENVZRRkrJ5.jpg)
Dakota Johnson
Minnie![Anthony Anderson's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/reO1OjwFdtXmiO4LMDaBj6eatzK.jpg)