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 instructed by way of a ghost’s perspective, Good Boy tells it by way of a cute canine named Indy.
He’s is a loyal pooch that, “strikes to a rural household dwelling 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 combat to guard the one he loves most.”
The film premiered at SXSW final Friday the place it acquired a constructive reception. iHorror wasn’t capable of attend this yr’s competition, so we should depend on the evaluations of others to construct the hype. And this movie actually touched the hearts of these fortunate sufficient to see it. In response to Every day Useless’s reviewer Matt Donato, the movie suffers a bit from its human solid:
“Then once more, it doesn’t matter what, there’s a canine on display screen 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 unique horror gamble that refuses ghoulish conventions.”
Display Rant, of their evaluate, additionally faults the human storyline however they are saying that doesn’t have an effect on the general expertise.
“As a substitute, it’s Indy’s response to what unfolds that manages to be the best. This may increasingly finally be the purpose, however I feel this speaks to the bounds of this premise in solely seeing issues by way of Indy’s eyes. Nonetheless, Good Boy‘s dedication to seeing it by way 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 critically. This isn’t a comedy or a parody, it’s genuinely unnerving throughout sure segments, particularly as Indy and Todd watch unusual previous dwelling films 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 look like nice evaluations contemplating this movie is doing one thing completely different. Experimental movies might be hit and miss akin to 2022’s Skinamarink or 2024’s In a Violent Nature. Each of these films thought exterior the field and had critics divided. Good Boy appears to be faring effectively 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 maintain you up to date as extra data comes accessible.
