Sparky doesn’t care about watching TV,  but I had a piece of toast with apple butter.  Good Boy is the supernatural horror movie viewed from the dog’s perspective.  Sparky wasn’t getting my toast, but he might appreciate seeing a hero that looked like him.  Representation didn’t help the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but maybe it works with dogs.

About 5 minutes in, there was a montage establishing the bond between Indy the dog and Todd the human.

Indy is such a good dog and the montage was so poignant, that I gave Sparky half of my piece of toast.

The plot is a little vague.  Todd has some kind of illness, tuberculous maybe, or lung cancer.  Something gross.  He decides to move to his late grandfather’s house in the woods.  Todd’s sister is worried about him, and keeps calling to check on him.  Sparky liked the first part of the movie because there were ringing phones, car rides, door bells and thunderstorms. 

The vague part is the grandfather had dogs, and was hectored by a ghost or supernatural being.  With the help of a ghost dog, Indy starts figuring out that a ghost monster is a threat.  The ghost monster attacks Todd while he is struggling with whatever ailment caused him to get delirious and cough up blood.

Sparky didn’t like that part, and didn’t think the movie was appropriate for good dogs.

Sparky already gets night terrors and the toast was gone, so he left to sit by the wood stove.

In a movie like this, the main question is whether or not the dog is okay at the end.  Indy makes it out fine.  Todd seemed like he was going to die in his apartment or in granddad’s house in the woods, so no worries there. 

The dog does a really nice job, and the movie is worth watching for his performance.  As a supernatural horror movie, it was only okay, so I’d give it a 7 out of 10.