Genre: Drama, Comedy, Family, Aliens, Animals
Tagline: This Fall...Earth is going to the dogs.
Plot: The boy is Owen Baker (Liam Aiken), a 12-year-old loner who has been working as the neighborhood dog-walker so he can earn the privilege of getting a dog of his own. His hard work pays off when his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Baker (Molly Shannon and Kevin Nealon), let Owen adopt a scruffy mutt he names Hubble (voiced by Matthew Broderick). Both boy and dog get more than they bargained for when Owen wakes up one morning to discover he can understand every word Hubble says – including the ominous phrase: "Take me to your leaders."Owen learns that dogs came to Earth thousands of years ago to colonize and dominate the planet. Hubble (who is really named Canid 3942) has been sent by the powerful Greater Dane on a mission from the Dog Star Sirius to make sure dogs have fulfilled this destiny. Despite the best efforts of Owen’s rag-tag group of neighborhood dogs to convince him otherwise, Hubble soon discovers the awful truth about Earth dogs: "You’re all pets!" Now Owen (a boy who never had a friend) and Hubble (a dog who never needed one) must work together to prepare the neighborhood dogs for a visit from The Greater Dane – or all dogs will be removed from the planet! The fate of Earth dogs hangs in the balance, and it’s up to Owen, Hubble, and their canine
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 Perhaps Good Boy! is not meant to be analyzed, but a film targeted at children should at least have some insight into the spirit of human nature or some sort of lesson. Instead, it's just a silly little dog tale.  --Guylaine Cadorette (Hollywood.com)
Good Boy! is one of those movies that's perfectly suited for the small screen, and isn't nearly the excruciating experience it could've been. --David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
In a word: Disturbing. A sandwich; I need a sandwich…This show had me feeling like a necrophiliac at a pep rally. Depressed. Good Boy! Good God, why? Really, another talking animal movie? Did we want this? I think "no".  --B. Alan Orange (MovieWeb)
Aimed at little nippers, Good Boy! is an extra-terrestrial dog comedy that delivers far more bark than bite.  --Jamie Russell (BBC Films)
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Molly Shannon
Analyze This, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Happiness |
 | Kevin Nealon
Anger Management, The Wedding Singer, Happy Gilmore |
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 | Delta Burke
What Women Want, Sordid Lives, Dangerous Child |
 | Liam Aiken
Road to Perdition, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Stepmom | | George Touliatos
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Prom Night, Avenging Angelo | |
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| An ever-so-slightly feeble fam-com to end the year on a bit of a dull note. 4/10 --Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)
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