'Good Boy' A Review

Good Boy is a horror movie that follows the perspective of the dog Indy as his owner Todd(Shane Jensen) leaves the city to hole up in his deceased grandfather's cabin in the woods. Todd is plagued by a mysterious lung disease(and a mysterious figure), the situation goes from bad-to-worse.

Indy is indeed a good boy and his performance is pretty stunning and emotive if almost exclusively reactive. Jensen and the few supporting characters don't do much and the actual nature of the supernatural threat isn't super explicit. It's a vibe film and the narrative is appropriately fuzzy given we are taking it in from the dog's POV.

It's inspired visually, always tight on Indy catching his reactions, trying to convey his dog-thoughts. The score is simple and effective, the script is a little lean. At 73 minutes it's too long for a short but a bit under baked as a feature.

An intriguing and somewhat satisfying experiment showing incredible promise from co-writer/director Ben Leonberg.

Currently in theaters.

Rent It.