Good Boy

There is enough meat here – touching on digital dating etiquette and the underlying emotional viscera – for a Hollywood remake. Time for Matt Damon to wriggle into that furry outfit.

Genuinely uncomfortable and a fantastic portrayal of abusive relationships, both within kink-focused relationships and more mainstream ones, with a closing scene guaranteed to disturb to the core.

The best example of Viljar Bøe's freaky, psychological horror. [Full review in Spanish]

Good Boy is an astute miniature that summons considerable power to disturb. I do wish its denouement hadn't been marred by some basic credibility issues, but the overall effect is nonetheless creepy as hell.

Norwegian horror flick Good Boy features a shocking storyline and plenty of jaw-dropping twists.

A fiendish flick about relationships and power dynamics that leaves the viewer chilled to the bone.



Legitimately shocking thriller keeps us guessing until the final, unsettling frame.

It soon becomes apparent that the film only has one trick up its sleeve, and once all the chips are on the table the film settles into an icky rut of by-the-numbers torture porn.

The first two thirds of the film built up the potential for an ending that both shocks and satisfies its audience, but we get the easy way out. Still worth a watch if you’re into psychological horror, and it’s sure to become a much-barked about film.


Good Boy is one of the wildest, most unpredictable genre films you’ll see this year.