Good Boy (2025)

Dean October 26, 2025

★ 7/10

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

Chandler Danier November 6, 2025

★ 6/10

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 November 6, 2025

★ 6/10

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 to be something distinctly evil lingering around them? It has it’s moments, but moments are all they are as this really thin story quite literally pads along, slowly, without very much happening. For some reason, this place in the middle of nowhere has what appears to be an indust…

patient1 November 7, 2025

★ 7/10

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.

Brent Marchant December 7, 2025

★ 7/10

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, Todd (Shane Jensen), move to a rural home, the insightful pooch quickly discovers that he and his master live in a haunted house, one that’s overrun by supernatural forces. Indy is quick to catch on that’s something’s amiss, thanks to his glimpses of spectral visions while awake and in …

Manuel São Bento December 20, 2025

★ 6/10

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 jump scares in favor of a slow-burn, atmospheric build-up. Indy, the canine lead, is absolutely the soul of the experience; he's a "good boy" in every sense, delivering an incredibly expressive performance through his posture and those enchanting eyes. I can only imagine the patience and skill requir…

Harry_Gill July 2, 2026

Indy doesn't act scared the way movie dogs usually do, all whimpering and hiding under furniture. He acts scared the way real dogs do: staring at a corner of the room that looks empty to everyone else, refusing to walk past a doorway, going stiff and quiet in a way that's more unsettling than any jump scare in the film. Director Ben Leonberg shot this with his own dog, and it shows in every reaction shot. Todd (Shane Jensen, who also co-wrote) moves into his late grandfather's rural house while sick, and something in that house already killed one dog, Bandit, whose skeleton turns up before the film is over. Indy spends the runtime trying to protect a man who can't see what's hunting him, and the camera commits to telling the whole story through what the dog notices first. The found-footage-adjacent, low-key style keeps things grounded instead of showy, the right call for a film bui…