Good Boy

Dean

2025-10-26

⭐ 7

I loved it. It's a unique movie, and Indy (dog) deserves an Oscar for acting so well in this movie.

I closed my eyes and drifted off a few times during some events that happen in this film. These events happen a lot and it gets repetitive but also allows you to wake up at the crescendo and then continue to watch the dog do stuff. It's a cool dog. The first time the dog whined my dog was very interested in what was going on. By the end of the movie she didn't care at all. We were on the same page.

CinemaSerf

2025-11-06

⭐ 6

Maybe if you’re a dog lover you might get more from this. I’m not, so was frankly fairly unimpressed with this cabin in the woods style of spook-fest. It is told with a few overlapping timelines, but quickly we can deduce that “Todd” (Shane Jensen) - whose face we hardly see throughout this seventy minuter - is not a well man. He has moved to his late grandfathers’s rustic home with his loyal dog “Indy” but before long it is the dog that has it’s sixth sense alerted to some seemingly quite malevolent goings-on. Stuck on their own, though, what chance either man or mutt can survive what appears…

Beautiful main character, and he is already on high alert. We've been teased with a back story, and hopefully, we get more info as to what is triggering our good boy's senses. There is some strangeness going on, and our hooman is willfully blind or just plain ignorant of what it is that dogs do and are capable of. I loved the non-human STAR of this film, I hope to see him in more films in the future, as he has a great presence.

It has long been speculated (and widely believed) that animals possess special powers to sense things that we, as humans, generally cannot. This is particularly true of canines, and that belief is thought to contribute significantly to the loyal and protective bond that exists between us and dogs, the basis of their so-called designation as “man’s best friend.” That notion is now brought to life in writer-director Ben Leonberg’s debut feature, a smart horror offering that will melt your heart while giving viewers more than a few good scares along the way. When lovable pup Indy and his owner, T…

GOOD BOY is a testament to the unshakable, pure loyalty that defines the relationship with our most faithful friends. I've always held a special place in my heart for films that explore the unique bond between humans and their pets, so the premise of a horror movie seen through a dog's eyes immediately piqued my curiosity. There's something inherently terrifying about watching a dog stare into an empty corner of a room, and director Ben Leonberg captures that dread perfectly through expert use of shadows, light, and negative space. It's a remarkably well-shot indie flick that avoids cheap j…