zena-1 Unlike the previous reviewer, I thought this film was quite delightful. Some well known actors give the canines voices to match their personalities (caninalities?) while both humor and pathos abound. Children will no doubt enjoy the ET-like story, but there is more than one message for dog lovers of all ages. The young boy is not unlike the main character in ET, a lonely child who needs a friend, and Liam performs extremely well in the role. I also found the supporting cast convincing and not at all "cheesy". Three cheers for the different breeds who take part in this movie, my only regret being that my favorite, Samoyed, was not included.

KCRein This is a great movie for anyone. I bought the DVD a week ago and I must have watched it 11 times since!! O.K., the whole dogs as aliens thing is a little strange, but it sure is cute.This movie is about a 12 year old boy named Owen (Liam Aiken) who walks neighborhood dogs so he can make money to buy his own dog. Owen finally gets his own dog and names him Hubble. But Hubble isn't your ordinary dog. Turns out Hubble is an interplanetary agent from the dog star Sirius and he can TALK!! In fact all the dogs Owen walks can talk, too. Owen discovers that dogs were first sent to Earth to rule the world.What makes this movie so entertaining is the voices of the dogs. Lets see, there is Mathew Broderick, Delta Burke, Donald Faison, Cheech Marin, Brittany Murphy, Vanessa Redgrave, and Carl Reiner.This movie is a must see!!

Roland E. Zwick 'Good Boy!' plays a bit like a low budget 'E.T.' on acid. It tells the story of a lonely suburban boy named Owen who becomes best friends with a dog from outer space whose vehicle crash lands in a nearby woods. The pooch gives Owen the ability to communicate verbally with him and all the other dogs in the neighborhood. Thus, we have the umpteenth variation on the talking animal syndrome begun so successfully with 'Babe' almost ten years ago. 'Good Boy,' in a way, is for all those who expected 'Snow Dogs' to feature chatty canines only to discover that the dogs in that movie spoke only in one very short fantasy sequence (the ads for the film did a good job bamboozling patrons into thinking otherwise).'Good Boy,' which does feature a cast of jabbering canines, proves that we've come a long way since 'Babe' - and not, I'm sorry to say, in the right direction. Despite voice-over work from some pretty impressive big name actors (Matthew Broderick, Delta Burke, Cheech Marin, Vanessa Redgrave), 'Good Boy' is one ghastly little movie, fine for those between the ages of 5 and 10, I suppose, but worthless for just about anyone else. Adults will be frankly bored by this low grade little fantasy that offers a dopey plot, inane dialogue, cheesy special effects and enough flatulence jokes to keep 'em rolling in the aisles at the local nursery school (fart jokes seem to be practically a prerequisite for any film aimed at the grade school set these days). The screenplay wobbles back and forth between half-assed cynical wisecracks and goopy sentimentality regarding the eternal verities of man/dog relationships. I realize that very young kids may take to this film, but don't they really deserve better?

rantinghuman I have an 8-year old, so I see a lot of films for kids, many of which I like. And in general, I like Molly Shannon and Kevin Nealon. There also were a fair number of respectable names doing voices, like Vanessa Redgrave and Carl Reiner. Matthew Broderick annoys me (except for "Ferris") but that's just me. A universal truth, however, is that this was the worst film I've ever seen: the worst acting, the worst writing, the clumsiest transitions and the most nonsensical developments. Even the make-up was bad. It was almost as if they were trying to make you squirm with dissonance. My GOSH it was awful! It was all I could do to keep from howling in pain in front of my daughter. ....My 8-year old daughter gave it the "thumbs up", though.