My Little Goat (2018) Poster

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8/10
love the animation confused abiut the story
superkazabro27 October 2021
I found out about my little goat when I saw "look at me only".

Never heard of the original tale, tho it has a little red riding hood feel (one with the stones ending). The animation was very impressive with how it used a mix of different materials, mainly the wool on the goats, which I think was clever.

The one was very well done, not too horror focused, tho it did give off some pedobear vibes.

The wolf himself i was confused as AGAIN since I not read the tale I didn't understand what they might imply, mainly with the mother goat.

I still highly recommend giving it your 11 mins despite the confused ending I had.
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7/10
Horrifying and simple and complex.
Jeremy_Urquhart2 April 2024
For a short film, I feel like there's a lot going on here. My Little Goat (don't love the title - maybe it's an awkward translation?) is very much one thing and then something else entirely at the same time. It cuts between a fantasy and a reality, blurring the line between the two constantly and having different sorts of horrors found within both worlds. Call it a pint-sized Pan's Labyrinth, if you will, as that film's so effective because both the fantasy and the real world run in parallel and prove oppressive and grim for different reasons.

I feel unnerved by My Little Goat, which is, I'm sure, the point, but I also feel a little confused. Maybe it's more being overwhelmed, but at the end of it all, I do still admire what it's going for and appreciate how much thematic ground it covers in just 10 minutes.
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8/10
Of baby goats and wolves Warning: Spoilers
A dark reimagining of The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats fairytale, with the happy ending of the source material being given a more somber twist, eventually getting mixed with a real tale of child abuse, with heavy trauma being the connection between both stories.

Physical and psychological scars are parallel, just in the same the big bad wolf has its parallel in a predatory parental figure. Yet, both narratives planes are never separated from each other in any way, keeping a certain sense of ambiguity which allows the story to be interpreted both in a metaphorical or literal way, a quality which might be a bit confusing to a certain degree, but does not harm any interest factor in any way.

Sometimes, even dark fairytales can be a source of salvation, if they allow the possibility of overcoming horror and pain, a quality which sadly many gritty reimaginings often forget.
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10/10
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING SHORT FILM !
phamthanhvyneo17 June 2021
This Stop-motion is one of the best Stop-motion I ever seen. The plot , the music, the characters design , the weirdcore vibe are all very good. This is one of my favorite all the time 💖
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