A long hot summer in rural Norfolk and a rough coming of age for Goob Taylor, fighting with brutal, womanizing stock car racer Gene Womack for his mother's attention and falling for the exotic charms of a pretty foreign field worker.
Myhill’s debut has admirable artistic ambition and a pungent sense of place and longing.
Guy Myhill's Norfolk-set debut is a coming-of-ager with quiet power.
An intelligent microcosm piece with some real talent behind it, The Goob provides an immersive exploration of friendship and rebellion in a setting that is both oppressive and liberating in equal measure.
An intelligent essay in classic Brit social realism that is well acted with a beautiful evocation of the East Anglian landscape.
Rites of passage yarn is an engaging mix of abrasiveness and lyricism.
A film where the pungent atmosphere and bright young performers are at the mercy of a slight, underwhelming story.
Sean Harris brings evil-eyed intensity to a Norfolk pumpkin farm in this atmospheric slice of working-class drama.
Interview: Guy Myhill and Liam Walpole
General release. Check local listings for show times.