{"id":6844,"date":"2020-06-12T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/into-the-dark-good-boy-movie-review\/"},"modified":"2020-06-12T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T13:19:00","slug":"into-the-dark-good-boy-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/into-the-dark-good-boy-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"#Into the Dark: Good Boy Movie Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a367deeb96cb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a367deeb96cb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/into-the-dark-good-boy-movie-review\/#Brian_Tallerico\" >Brian Tallerico<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/into-the-dark-good-boy-movie-review\/#Into_the_Dark_Good_Boy_2020\" >Into the Dark: Good Boy (2020)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Into the Dark: Good Boy<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/review\/primary_image\/reviews\/into-the-dark-good-boy-movie-review-2020\/into-the-dark-good-boy-movie-review-2020.jpg\"><\/img><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>The second season of the original monthly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of Hulu horror films under the banner of \u201cInto the Dark\u201d has tended more to quirky humor than genuine scares, and this has been mostly for the better. Chapters like \u201cA Nasty Piece of Work,\u201d \u201cCrawlers,\u201d and \u201cPooka Lives!\u201d certainly aren\u2019t going to keep anyone up at night. Perhaps the creative team behind this series realized that people could use more of a laugh in 2020 than a fright. After all, the real world is scary enough.<\/p>\n<p>Enter \u201cGood Boy,\u201d a movie that almost feels like a Sundance indie rom-com at its beginning. The score, the visual language, the dialogue\u2014if someone stumbled upon it and didn\u2019t notice the Blumhouse production logo at the beginning, they would think this is a very different movie than what it becomes. We meet Maggie (Judy Greer), a journalist at a local paper in Reseda who is having trouble finding h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>iness in her life. The dating scene sucks, and then she\u2019s reduced from staff to freelancer by her editor Don (Steve Guttenberg) and harassed by her landlord Bea (Maria Conchita Alonso). She\u2019s trying to figure out how to pay for egg-harvesting to make sure that her lack of a love life at a young age doesn\u2019t hold her back from having children. As he\u2019s ushering her out the door, Don suggests that Maggie get an emotional support dog, which sends our heroine to a shelter and into the life of an adorable mutt that she names Reuben. It all seems so sweet\u2014the story of a woman who calms her anxiety with the love of a rescue dog.   <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>\n<p>But this is a horror movie, right? And aren\u2019t all \u201cInto the Dark\u201d movies based on a holiday? Believe it or not, this one is centered on Pet Appreciation Week, as Maggie comes to truly appreciate her odd little pup, especially after he starts eliminating problems from her life. She goes on a date with a real slimeball and he ends up dead in the street. Other causes for anxiety start being removed in grisly fashion from Maggie\u2019s life, and she even gains a bit of notoriety in reporting on the events caused by her new best friend. Exactly what is going on with Reuben is left tantalizingly vague. It\u2019s more a case of an anxiety-causing moment, Maggie leaving the room, spurts of blood, and then Reuben looking cute as ever. How could a small puppy do such damage? Or is Maggie really doing it herself? Has she snapped?   <\/p>\n<p>As you might imagine, the tonal balance between something that\u2019s part \u201cPrivate Life\u201d and part \u201cCujo\u201d is a bit tough and director Tyler MacIntyre can\u2019t quite hold it together. Judy Greer does her absolute best to do so\u2014she\u2019s always been underrated\u2014and there\u2019s a much worse version of \u201cGood Boy\u201d with a lesser actress in the lead role. However, the promising set-up loses urgency right when it should be building. It veers off into a romantic dramedy with a charismatic cop (McKinley Freeman, also good) who\u2019s really just there to eventually figure everything out. Even worse, it kind of drifts into its final act instead of building tension, and then can\u2019t figure out what tone to strike in its final scenes. It\u2019s also a stunningly grisly film in turns of gore but also entirely lacking in actual scares.   <\/p>\n<p>In a world drenched in anxiety right now, the story of a support dog who supports by actually removing sources of stress feels perfect. And yet a film needs to be more than just its concept. \u201cGood Boy\u201d can\u2019t figure out how to train its shaggy dog idea into something you should take out for a cinematic walk.   <\/p>\n<p><em>Premieres on Hulu today, 6\/12.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brian Tallerico\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/user\/primary_image\/brian-tallerico\/featured_BT2019.jpg\" title=\"Brian Tallerico\"><\/img><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><figcaption>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brian_Tallerico\"><\/span>Brian Tallerico<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Brian Tallerico is the Editor of RogerEbert.com, and also covers television, film, Blu-ray, and video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s. He is also the Editor of Magill&#8217;s Cinema Annual, a writer for The New York Times, Vulture, The AV Club,\u00a0and Rolling Stone,\u00a0and the President of the Chicago Film Critics Association.<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section> <\/section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Into the Dark: Good Boy movie poster\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/movie\/movie_poster\/into-the-dark-good-boy-2020\/large_good-boy-poster.jpg\" title=\"Into the Dark: Good Boy movie poster\"><\/img><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Into_the_Dark_Good_Boy_2020\"><\/span> Into the Dark: Good Boy (2020) <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p> <meta content=\"NR\" itemprop=\"contentRating\"><\/meta> Rated NR  <\/p>\n<p> 90 minutes <meta content=\"PT90M\" itemprop=\"duration\"><\/meta><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<article target=\"_blank\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/streaming\/home-entertainment-guide-june-11-2020\/thumb_Unmarried_still.jpeg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p> 1 day ago <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article target=\"_blank\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/interviews\/paving-the-way-shola-lynch-on-chisholm-72-unbought-and-unbossed\/thumb_Shola_Lynch_Interview.JPG\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p> 1 day ago <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article target=\"_blank\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/interviews\/loren-bouchard-on-central-park-appletv\/thumb_Central_Park_Photo_010204.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p> 3 days ago <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article target=\"_blank\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/interviews\/judd-apatow-on-the-king-of-staten-island-telling-pete-davidsons-story-self-help-books-and-more\/thumb_apatow-header.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p> 4 days ago <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/into-the-dark-good-boy-movie-review-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to watch Movies or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Into the Dark: Good Boy&#8221; The second season of the original monthly series of Hulu horror films under the banner of \u201cInto the Dark\u201d has tended more to quirky humor than genuine scares, and this has been mostly for the better. 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