Not particularly imaginative, but not the worst.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 24, 2010

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006

The ensuing wackiness will no doubt please children given to mooning over the family pet; it will lull their parents into a painless, agreeable stupor.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 15, 2004

Like a flea-ridden old hound that hasn't learnt any new tricks and insists on slobbering over your shoelaces, it's curiously loveable all the same.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 25, 2003

Jim Henson Pictures happy meal.

| Oct 14, 2003

... terrible, terrible movie.

Full Review | Oct 13, 2003

It's ingratiating in that nice doggie way, but the dogs, who have had their lips enhanced via CGI to aid in the illusion of speech, don't have much more on their minds than where the next stick is going to sail in from.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 12, 2003

This is a sweet and undemanding movie told with a delicate hand.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 11, 2003

A simple but perfectly satisfying little story about a boy who wants to keep his dog.

| Oct 10, 2003

Surprisingly nimble and fun to watch.

| Oct 10, 2003

No new ground is dug up in Good Boy, but the story is well-paced, sweet and lively, filling a void for very young filmgoers.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 10, 2003

A film which effectively capitalizes on the human heart's weakness for cute things.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2003

A winning boy- meets-pooch tale.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 10, 2003

A painfully dull kids' picture.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 10, 2003

It's fun in a kiddie-flick sort of way.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2003

You wish Good Boy! aspired to a less formulaic cleverness and sentimentality than shown here.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 10, 2003

As children's film premises go, this is a cute one, but the execution is a failure.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 10, 2003

Writer-director John Hoffman leaves no canine cliche unturned in his pandering script.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 10, 2003

Good Boy! is so gentle and fleecy, dozing parents might suspect a fabric softener was involved in the creative process.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 10, 2003

A movie that just doesn't live up to its potential.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Oct 10, 2003