Identical to this 12 months’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 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 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 acquired a optimistic reception. iHorror wasn’t in a position to attend this 12 months’s competition, 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 line with Every day Lifeless’s reviewer Matt Donato, the movie suffers a little bit from its human forged:
“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, overtly unconventional, however most significantly, commits to artistic payoffs that you just’ve by no means seen earlier than. Good Boy is greater than a catchy premise or buzzy thought; it’s an unique horror gamble that refuses ghoulish conventions.”
Display screen Rant, of their overview, 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 may occasionally in the end be the purpose, however I feel this speaks to the boundaries 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 actually manages to get the guts racing.”
Over at Collider Nate Richard says:
“One of many massive 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 house 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 scared of the four-legged spirit. Leonberg steers away from speaking all the way down to the viewers.”
These seem to be nice opinions contemplating this movie is doing one thing completely different. Experimental movies might be hit and miss similar to 2022’s Skinamarink or 2024’s In a Violent Nature. Each of these films thought outdoors 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 will likely be launched, however we are going to preserve you up to date as extra data comes out there.
