Good Boy | | Cast : | Molly Shannon, Liam Aiken, Matthew Broderick | | Director : | John Robert Hoffman | | Studio : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | | Format : | | | Released Date : | October 10, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | August 03, 2004 | | Language : | French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Cantonese Chinese (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 06, 2005 | | Summary | Pretty cute movie | Content
 | Dogs are extremely cute creatures. But this is not just cute this is an actual good dog movie imagine that. It's cute and entertaining. You don't see dog movies like that everyday! |
| Rating | | | Date | May 30, 2005 | | Summary | Very cute! | Content
| Okay, so this movie will not win any Oscar's! But what it lacks in literary prowess, it makes up in charm. This is a kid-friendly movie that adults can also enjoy. There is nothing about drugs or sex, and there is no violence (imagine that!). The only risque subject matter is when the characters are trying to describe dog poop.
Anyway, this is a cute movie. My husband and I watched it without any children and we both enjoyed it. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 02, 2005 | | Summary | A Talking Dog Comes from Outer Space: OK Family Picture | Content
| 'Good Boy!' is a family-oriented picture about the friendship between a lonely boy and a dog coming from outer space. Actually, all the dogs living on the Earth are originally from another planet. Am I boring you? But this is the basic story of 'Good Boy!' which, surprisingly, remained in the US Top 10 box-office hit chart for three weeks. Anyone who has a soft spot for dogs would love the film. And what if you don't? You still may like it, or may be diappointed with it. It depends partly on whether or not you have seen 'ET.'
I'm not saying 'Good Boy!' is a rip-off. It has some originality, and very clever dogs too. Well, here's the original concept. American boy Owen (Liam Aiken) has one such dog named Hubble (perfectly voiced by Matthew Broderick). Hubble can do 'sit' 'stay' roll over' and even 'play dead' even though it's only yesterday that Owen adopted this terrier. And suddenly Owen realizes the reason. For Owen starts to understand what the dogs are talking after a very weird accident happened to him.
See? Don't say 'Doctor Dolittle' now, for world-weary Hubble has actually a mission; he has to report how the Earth Dogs are ruling the planet. According to him, dogs are supposed to dominate the humans instead of being the best friend of them, and if they fail to do so, they are transported back to the home ... it starts to sound like 'ET' again.
For all its stock characters and weak jokes, 'Good Boy!' is not a bad film, and it convincingly shows the bond between Owen and Hubble. All the dogs (voice cast including Brittany Murphy and Carl Reiner) are lovable, and the dog trainers did a great job to make them act like humans, without using too many CGIs. Compared to them, Molly Shannon and Kevin Nealon who play the parents of Liam Aiken's boy do not fare well, for they are not required to do much in the film.
But the film fails to develop the original concepts about the origin of the dogs, and the 90 minutes of the film looks padded out with silly jokes including obligatory fart gags for children. The dog's great leader 'The Greater Dane' (voiced by none other than Vanessa Redgrave) visits the Earth to inspect the Earth Dogs and ... nothing remarkable happens in the story. The "henchman" of Her Majesty looks like a rat in a wig (voiced by Cheech Marin), and that's all. First-time director John Roberts Hoffman completely misses this great opportunity to match these voice talents to make good laughs, and that's only one of the many examples of his inept decisions.
'Good Boy!' is good when it focuses upon the universal theme -- frienship, and on that score I think it is successful. But as to its interesting premises, they need more improvements or better ideas than disrupted radio contact, flying high in the air, and a big UFO. Steven Spielberg has already shown all of them. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 22, 2005 | | Summary | Great for all dog lovers! | Content
| I was so pleasantly surprised by this movie. I'll admit, though, that I had low expectations because most kids' movies are ridiculous. I hadn't expected to sit and watch it with my child, but I found myself pulled in through this whole movie from the beginning all the way through till the very last great line of the movie. It may seem like a copy of other movies in certain ways, but it is so well done, funny, sweet and poignant. And the little boy who stars in it does a wonderful job. A great "feel good" movie for dog lovers especially! |
| Rating | | | Date | February 11, 2005 | | Summary | A Great Movie For The Little Ones... | Content
| Well, my kids really enjoy this movie. They can actually sit through the whole movie & they are only 2 & 3 1/2. I don't want to make too many comments for the adults because I'm sure most adults aren't going to buy this just for themselves. I wouldn't recommend that but if you were looking for a movie to please your kids then I'd highly recommend this movie. I think all kids up to the age of 8 or so would enjoy this movie. Basically the story is that this little boy all of a sudden finds that he can hear everything that dogs say. Supposedly there is a planet out there made of up all dogs & Hubble the boy's dog has just been sent from there to grade the dogs on earth. So, like I said this is a movie I'd recommend for kids but adults might think it's a little far-fetched. |
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