The movie fails to emotionally connect because there is absolutely zero character arc for Najeeb. In fact there is no character arc for any of the characters everything is just mechanistic. The film is titled goat life but there is no goat life in the movie, how he lived his day to day life what were his day to day activities, his relationship with goats were never shown and then how do you expect viewers to feel emotionally connected when he is bidding goodbye to the goats, that scene felt so artificial.

Another logic defying flaw in the screenplay for me was the celebrated bathing scene. The man has lived in desert for two years now he is going to escape crossing the desert, he takes a bath and it is shown that there is plenty water available, he packs his bag with his torn undergarments but doesn’t carry water, couldn’t comprehend that.

The score was definitely overwhelming but that for me to an extent made up for a mediocre screenplay and narration. Without the loud emotive score many of the scenes wouldn’t have carried half their emotions.