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Good Boy! (2003)

Good Boy! poster
Directed by
John Robert Hoffman
Genre
comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 148 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Owen discovers he can talk to his dog and learns the dog is part of an interstellar mission to take over Earth. The film follows Owen and the neighborhood dogs as they navigate this secret.

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What happens

Good Boy! is a 2003 American science fiction comedy film directed by John Hoffman, based on the book Dogs from Outer Space by Zeke Richardson; Hoffman and Richardson collaborated on the screen story, while Hoffman wrote the screenplay. The film stars Liam Aiken as Owen Baker, as well as the voices of Matthew Broderick, Delta Burke, Donald Faison, Brittany Murphy, Carl Reiner, Vanessa Redgrave, and Cheech Marin as the abundant dog characters in the film. Good Boy! was released on October 10, 2003, by MGM Distribution Co. and received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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