Good Boy!

Ent 4, Spirit 1, Sus 0.5, Fam 2

Another movie where animals (dogs) are talking and acting like humans. Target audience are kids and one can hope that little cinema-goers wont expect their own pets to talk or act humanly after watching this movie. There is that risk. Luckily film is representing good values and will.

This is not a movie in which the kids are the smart ones and the adults are idiots. There's genuine respect for adulthood; it's just that the movie revolves around children and dogs. Along the way, Good Boy! sends out all the right messages about family, friendship, sacrifice, bonding with a pet, loyalty and doing the right thing. In one scene, Hubble remarks to Owen, "Your mom and dad and you, you make a good home." (pluggedin.com)

With no opposable thumbs the uncomfortable yet prescient question of just how the dogs were able to construct the intricate components needed for an interplanetary spacecraft and communication device remained unanswered. Story wise it's like a dog version of 50 shades of grey with a more obvious dom/sub relationship.

bad movie