Similar to this yr’s very underrated Steven Soderbergh movie Presence, the upcoming supernatural movie Good Boy makes use of a non-traditional POV to inform its story. Whereas Presence was informed by means of a ghost’s viewpoint, Good Boy tells it by means of a cute canine named Indy.
He’s is a loyal pooch that, “strikes to a rural household house along with his proprietor Todd, solely to find supernatural forces lurking within the shadows. As darkish entities threaten his human companion, the courageous pup should struggle to guard the one he loves most.”
The film premiered at SXSW final Friday the place it obtained a constructive reception. iHorror wasn’t capable of attend this yr’s pageant, so we must depend on the opinions of others to construct the hype. And this movie actually touched the hearts of these fortunate sufficient to see it. In response to Day by day Useless’s reviewer Matt Donato, the movie suffers a little bit from its human solid:
“Then once more, it doesn’t matter what, there’s a canine on display outshining his people. In that regard, Good Boy is a rousing success. It’s freaky and unsettling, openly unconventional, however most significantly, commits to artistic payoffs that you simply’ve by no means seen earlier than. Good Boy is greater than a catchy premise or buzzy concept; it’s an authentic horror gamble that refuses ghoulish conventions.”
Display screen Rant, of their evaluation, additionally faults the human storyline however they are saying that doesn’t have an effect on the general expertise.
“As an alternative, it’s Indy’s response to what unfolds that manages to be the best. This will likely finally be the purpose, however I believe this speaks to the bounds of this premise in solely seeing issues by means of Indy’s eyes. Nonetheless, Good Boy‘s dedication to seeing it by means of is admirable, particularly in an action-heavy finale that basically manages to get the guts racing.”
Over at Collider Nate Richard says:
“One of many huge the reason why Good Boy works in addition to it does is that it takes itself pretty severely. This isn’t a comedy or a parody, it’s genuinely unnerving throughout sure segments, particularly as Indy and Todd watch unusual outdated house motion pictures that includes the latter’s late grandfather, or as the previous is visited by the ghost of a canine named Bandit, the place he’s equally entranced but afraid of the four-legged spirit. Leonberg steers away from speaking right down to the viewers.”
These appear to be nice opinions contemplating this movie is doing one thing totally different. Experimental movies might be hit and miss equivalent to 2022’s Skinamarink or 2024’s In a Violent Nature. Each of these motion pictures thought outdoors the field and had critics divided. Good Boy appears to be faring nicely proper out of the gate.
There isn’t a trailer but for Good Boy and nothing has been introduced for when it is going to be launched, however we are going to hold you up to date as extra data comes out there.
