GOAT

GOAT 🐐🏀 (2026)

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From Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and KPOP Demon Hunters to the upcoming Steph Curry–produced animated basketball film GOAT, Sony Pictures Animation is on a heat-check hot streak, and after this watch, they’re showing no signs of cooling off.

GOAT follows Will Harris, an undersized goat with oversized dreams. By day, he’s a food delivery driver. By night, he’s an aspiring basketball player, chasing a shot at the big leagues. Everything changes when a 1-on-1 pickup run against one of the Roarball league’s elite goes viral. Overnight, Will becomes a sensation. The clip catches the attention of a desperate franchise owner, who signs him to the league’s basement-dwelling squad. The team is led by the renowned “Greatest of All Time,” Jett Filmore, who may not be what he once was and is hard-pressed to make room for this undersized, inexperienced newcomer.

What unfolds is more than an underdog story. It’s about loving a game that doesn’t always love you back. It’s about legacy vs. hunger. Ego vs. belief. Old guard vs. next up.

GOAT gets a serious two hooves up from me. I loved it.

The same way Space Jam (1996) and Like Mike (2002) inspired a generation of kids to pick up a ball and reach for the sky, GOAT feels poised to do the same, especially for those navigating their own David vs. Goliath battles.

It’s built for anyone who’s ever felt undersized, overlooked, or underestimate—and decided to hoop anyway.

Stranger Things’ Caleb McLaughlin leads an all-star voice cast including Gabrielle Union, Aaron Pierre, Nicola Coughlan, David Harbour, Jelly Roll, Jennifer Hudson, Andrew Santino, Bobby Lee, and Steph Curry.

GOAT feels like NBA 2K if it collided with Super Smash Bros. in the middle of a playoff game. It’s chaotic in the best way. Stylized. Explosive. Designed for the generation that grew up on highlight culture and battle royale lobbies, and it absolutely understands its audience Whether you’re a hooper catching the deep-cut references (yes, that food poisoning nod, IYKYK), laughing at a certain superstar’s hair insecurity, or just here for an “undergoat” chasing the dream, there’s something for everyone.

Any basketball story that makes you want to immediately get shots up or run a pickup game has done its job, and GOAT does just that.

GOAT is a vibrantly animated, ball-is-life underdog story that bridges generations—and proves you’re never too small to dream big.

Enjoy!

7.6/10 🍿 🎥

Runtime: 1hr40mins

Where: In Theatres February 13th.

The Richmond Reviewer GOAT Review - February 11th, 2026.

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