Good Boy!

Name: Good Boy!
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Released: October 10, 2003
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Liam Aiken, Molly Shannon

2003

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MGM Home Entertainment | Release Date: October 10, 2003 | PG

Starring: Liam Aiken, Molly Shannon

Summary: Twelve-year-old Owen Baker (Aiken) has been working as a dog-walker all summer, and his hard work has finally paid off -- he gets to adopt a dog of his own! But Owen gets more than puppy love when he discovers his new dog Hubble (Broderick) is actually an interplanetary scout from the Dog Star Sirius. (MGM)

Director: John Hoffman

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 87 min

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Scott Brown

Little is asked of talking-animal movies, save charm, heart, and at least one scene where said animal wears a lampshade. Good Boy! has all those things, plus a winning story line. Read full review

Wesley Morris

The film is touchingly firm about leveling with children, drawing a careful, crucial line between fantasy and reality, without patronizing or haranguing them. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

When it comes right down to it, the talking animal thing is sort of secondary to what is, at heart, just a simple but perfectly satisfying little story about a boy who wants to keep his dog. Read full review

Richard Gehr

Former SNL-ers Molly Shannon and Kevin Nealon play the kid's Stepford parents in this Jim Henson Pictures happy meal. Read full review

Paul West

Fairly good- natured and not as awful as it sounds, but it lacks distinction. Read full review

Ted Shen

The special effects aren't too polished but the script is larded with cutesy life lessons to warm the hearts of dog lovers Read full review

Scott Tobias

Includes a few half-hearted ironies about how people are really serving dogs, not the other way around, but even those gags are cribbed from a retired Seinfeld routine. Read full review

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rmsc12

May 3, 2016

As far as kids movies go, Good Boy is up there with being both heartwarming an funny at the same time. Kids will find great enjoyment in this movie, as well as some adults.

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GavGav96

Dec 4, 2010

'Good Boy!' is in all essentials just another childrens' flick, with no real respectability, however the elements of humour and imagination are strong enough to buff it up to a relatively average piece of work.

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The3AcademySins

Jul 31, 2018

"Good Boy!" Is kind of a strange kids film, but it does have tender moments nonetheless. It's definitely entertaining, and it does kill time, but it's really only a slightly below-average kids movie. It's harmless though, and you can definitely do worse.

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