7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Good Boy (2026)
Good Boy (2026)
Overview
Good Boy (also known as Heel) is a black comedy thriller directed by Jan Komasa in his English-language debut. Stephen Graham stars as Chris, Andrea Riseborough as Kathryn, and Anson Boon as Tommy. The story centers on a married couple who abduct a 19-year-old petty criminal to rehabilitate him. Adapted from a Polish screenplay and set in Yorkshire, it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.3
Overview
Good Boy (also known as Heel) is a black comedy thriller directed by Jan Komasa in his English-language debut. Stephen Graham stars as Chris, Andrea Riseborough as Kathryn, and Anson Boon as Tommy. The story centers on a married couple who abduct a 19-year-old petty criminal to rehabilitate him. Adapted from a Polish screenplay and set in Yorkshire, it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film's black comedy critiques a conservative family's extreme methods to reform a delinquent teenager shaped by social media, exposing the abusive nature of such authoritarian interventions as a flawed solution to societal issues.
Visible diversity emerges in supporting roles, such as the Black actress portraying the protagonist's girlfriend and the immigrant housekeeper facing visa-related coercion. The narrative subtly critiques traditional family dynamics through morally ambiguous attempts at rehabilitation, incorporating themes of immigrant vulnerability without centering them.
Secondary
The nuclear family is portrayed as dysfunctional and abusive, with parental authority exercised through imprisonment and manipulation to enforce conformity. This critique of controlling dynamics and traditional roles questions established family norms.
The film contains no depictions of LGBTQ+ characters or themes, centering on themes of control, abuse, and transformation within a heterosexual family dynamic.
The film contains no transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on a couple's attempt to rehabilitate a young delinquent through captivity, exploring cycles of violence and redemption without addressing gender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Good Boy presents an original story of a couple rehabilitating a kidnapped youth, with all principal characters newly invented and portrayed by actors matching their genders, yielding no instances of gender swap.
Good Boy presents original characters without source material establishing prior racial depictions, so no race swaps occur.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
7.3
Critic Ratings
9.0
6.3
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