Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Steve Pulaski Good Boy! is an insulting, abysmal little film, providing one with the substantial food-for-thought of a knock-knock joke and the contemplative drama of a juice-box riddle. It tells the childish and dreadful story of Owen Baker (Liam Aiken), a twelve-year-old boy who serves as the neighborhood dog-walker so he can prove to his parents he's responsible enough to own a dog of his own.When he finally proves he's responsible enough, dear little Owen asks his dim-witted parents to take him to the pound so that he can pick out the dog of his choice. He settles on a little terrier he saw while walking dogs, who comes bearing what appears to be a moon-rock around his collar. He names him Hubble, but it isn't long before he realizes that Hubble is much smarter than he had thought. Upon training him, seeing that Hubble can perform several tricks flawlessly, he realizes that Hubble (voiced by Matthew Broderick) can talk like a real human. Hubble's real name is "Canid 3942," and informs Owen that dogs were sent to Earth hundreds of years ago in order to dominate and enslave the human race. Turns out, dogs became the humans' pets rather than the other way around.Hubble's prime responsibility, being sent from the higher dog-authority "Greater Dane" (Vanessa Redgrave), who resides on a planet called "Dog Star Sirius 7," was to make sure that dogs are fulfilling their responsibility and are in control. Turns out, they've failed miserably, and after receiving this knowledge, Hubble informs them that Earth is on the verge of a massive recall back to Sirius 7.There are films like Shiloh that help enforce the idea that humans shape dogs but dogs shape humans in addition, and shows the great lengths a boy will go to protect and ensure the safety of his pet. Then there are films like Good Boy! that cheapen this kind of important and significant relationship like a poor sitcom. This is simply an asinine film with a barrage of weak jokes, inane ideas about even the very possibility that dogs are trying to take over Earth, and an woefully unsubstantial affair for young kids who need to be informed of the benefits of a relationship with an animal.Those who defend Good Boy! can make the easy, go-to argument that the film is "cute" and possesses a family-friendly attitude that should be embraced. All I can say that if everything "cute" was embraced and safe from any type of criticism whatsoever, we'd have the frothiest, most artificial society that would've never had any such thing as a Disney or a Pixar to show us that narrative strength and themes are also components of family-friendly entertainment.Starring: Liam Aiken, Kevin Nealon, and Molly Shannon. Voiced by: Matthew Broderick, Delta Burke, Donald Faison, Brittany Murphy, and Carl Reiner. Directed by: John Hoffman.

robert-temple-1 This film, made in Vancouver with the Jim Henson team, speaking dogs, and the assistance of Canine Co-Stars of Canada, is an excellent dog comedy on a way-out theme. Indeed, the theme is so way out that it is 8.6 light years away to be precise. It concerns the colonization of Earth by dogs from a planet in the system of the Dog Star, Sirius, in the distant past, and a contemporary inspection visit by a terrier who crash-lands in his space ship in a suburb of Vancouver. Sirius today is ruled by a matriarch known as the Greater Dane (real dog's name, Valentino, and her voice is that of Vanessa Redgrave), whose ears rise up in points exactly like those of the ancient Egyptian Anubis. Dogs are supposed to be the masters of the planet Earth, but they are discovered to have sunk to the ignominious status of pets. This a deep shock to Agent 3942, the terrier. He is taken in by a human boy named Owen, engagingly played by Liam Aiken. Aiken's parents, well played by Molly Shannon and Kevin Nealon, are charmingly eccentric and amusing, which all adds to the light-hearted atmosphere of this dotty spoof of a film. There are lots of great dogs, ranging from the pathetic to the splendid. They are all superbly trained and we get countless laughs from the wild antics in this story. No one is embarrassed that the plot is intentionally ridiculous, they just go for it shamelessly and with gusto. It all adds up to lots of fun for all, and the dogs must have enjoyed it. The tale has its perilous side: there is a threat of 'Global Recall' by the Greater Dane, who is so horrified at the lowered status of Earth Dogs that she threatens to evacuate them all back to Sirius, leaving mankind destitute of our 'best friends'. Only Owen and Agent 3942 (re-named Hubble, as in the space telescope) can save the world from this terrible fate. As the film progresses, Agent 3942 alias Hubble lightens up a bit, and when Owen tells him he is a 'Good Boy', Hubble, who of course can speak, tells Owen he is a 'Good Boy' too. But will the world be saved from 'Global Recall'? Will we all lose our dogs? The disappearances begin, and some are taken away in a flying saucer. Can this be stopped in time? They say that for every time warp there is a corresponding woof, and we certainly have lots of woofs in this film. Its ending must remain a Sirius mystery. And by the way, the Sphinx is Anubis. So don't be too sceptical about the origins and dignity of dogs, and their innate superiority to humans. But I wonder where they got all these ideas from, from some blog on the dogosphere no doubt. This is the only film directed by American actor John Hoffman, who also wrote it, and did both jobs very well. Which star system will he visit next? The Hollywood Star System?

GLPman HORRIBLE! Absolutely HORRIBLE! I don't even know where to start with this excuse of a film. What really p***ed me off the most...was it the horrible and cheesy acting, or was it the plot that seemed to go no where. Or MAYBE was it the fact that I was watching this movie and looking at my dog wondering if my dog really came from another planet and arrived on this planet in a UFO. Perhaps...just perhaps this movie was the opposite of CATS AND DOGS. I really do not know how else to say it. This movie was possibly one of the worst movies that I have ever seen in my entire life time.I truly pity any soul that has to go through this terrible experience and I send my deepest sympathies...

jaybabb This is a film about a boy, whose name is Owen(Liam Aiken)who is a neighborhood dog walker. He even wears a dog walker uniform with a name tag! This gives the appearance that he is a pro dog walker! Now Owen is a lonely boy with no friends except the dogs he walks. He is bullied by two other boys.But Owen has a good attitude, he respects his parents(Kevin Nealon & Molly Shannon)who renovates homes for a living-and they live in the house they are currently working on. This does not make things any easier for Owen, who has a desire to settle down and stay put in one house. Owen, however takes it all in stride and makes the best out of the situation.He is awakened by a noise-the sound of something crashing. This will be referred later as a "Sonic Boom" When his parents allow him to adopt his own dog, the one he picks at the pound-is like no other dog. He soon discovers that this pooch can talk. Owen gives him the name "Hubble" but his real name is "Canine 3942" a dog from outer space!Hubble informs Owen that thousands of years ago, dogs were sent to earth from the "Home Star" AKA "The dog star Sirus" to colonize and rule earth. Dogs were not supposed to be pets! So, Hubble is here on a fact finding mission-to confirm rumors that the dogs have strayed from their original mission. Hubble is here to try to reverse that.Now, Hubble becomes very fond of Owen-he have to choose between life on earth or the ability to talk. Hubble isn't the only talking dog, all the dogs can talk! When Hubble fails to rally the dogs to their original mission, "The Greater Dane" shows up! She is the "queen of the Dogs" Can Hubble and Owen persuade the "Greater Dane" to let Hubble and the other dogs stay here on earth?Now I admit that the story line resolving around the dogs is silly! And It's the bathroom humor that earns it's PG rating, however there's so much to like about this film. Dog lovers will love this film! We should be thankful that dogs can't talk! All the Characters is perfectly cast, esp Liam Aiken as Owen and "Flynn" as "Hubble"Great Film. 8 out of 10.