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• Manuel São Bentoon TMDB · Dec 20256/10

  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 required to center a production around a dog, and the lack of CGI or fake animals makes the entire ordeal feel grounded and sensorial. GOOD BOY eventually begins to lose its initial momentum, as the repetitive nature of the scenes and a relatively thin narrative start to show. The story surrounding the house

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• Brent Marchanton TMDB · Dec 20257/10

  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 his dreams. He does his level-best to warn Todd, but the language barrier obviously makes this difficult. Consequently, Indy attempts to protect his master despite ever-growing threats to their safety and well-being, as well as Todd’s mysteriously steadily worsening health. In some respects, “Good Boy” may seem l

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• CinemaSerfon TMDB · Nov 20256/10

  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 industrial-sized graveyard to add to the haunting mystery, but a dodgy generator, a storm and some crackling twigs don’t really get any hairs standing up any more, except maybe on the carpet. To be fair to the dog, it could have been trained by the legendary Rudd Weatherwax and it does all of the heavy barking but otherwis

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