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I wanted to like this, it was better than Delivered, but I wasn't entirely happy with it.

Spoilers!!

The good:

I thought this movie was well acted by everyone involved, including Rueben! He was so cute! I liked all the characters and felt invested in their lives so that was a big plus. I thought the settings were fun and interesting and the story line was unique. The direction was good but I felt it was general and not tailored to the feel of the movie as much as it could be.

The bad and ugly:

I didn't like the ending. I noticed a trend with the Into The Dark episodes. They are often written with the most tragic ending in mind. I understand why that is good for certain movie types but in this case, I didn't think it was appropriate. This movie was part comedy and I would have liked to see some characters survive as opposed to them going with the fully tragic ending. I mean technically, even Maggie was punished for her interaction with the dog. I thought that was tough.

Specifically, Annie and Nate really deserved a crack at life after dealing with the dog. They were really good characters and cared a lot for Maggie but still as she came to the end of her mental journey with the dog, her "anxiety" got them killed. I didn't think that was fair, and yeah, life isn't fair but this was beyond the realm of characteristic tropes for this type of film, in my opinion. Sparing one or two characters is normal in a horror comedy.

All and all, I would recommend this movie with some precautions. lol.

Ah what to do when your dog is a killer. Would have been a much better premise had she not known because really she had to be a psychopath to do what she did. As a horror comedy it was okay. Not great probably more watchable than most of these Into The Dark series.

Before I begin, I'd just like to say I'm not a movie critic by any means, but I do like to flatter myself and say I have at least an above-average understanding of writing, characters, etc.

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Our movie's plot deals with our protagonist, Maggie, getting an emotional support animal for her anxiety (even though I wouldn't really consider it anxiety) named Reuben. As we progress, we are shown Reuben killing many people in Maggie's life, all of which causes her stress. It ends with Maggie getting put in jail and Reuben getting put back in the pound to be adopted by a new owner.

This movie wasn't as bad as I had expected, but definitely had things it could've improved upon.

For one, the movie seems to move at *snail pace.* They could've easily cut much of the fluff out and made the story more interesting, only keeping the most important scenes or rewriting unnecessarily long ones. Second, I feel this concept would've worked better as a horror-comedy, as many other reviewers have pointed out. Third, I feel like they could've made it to where Maggie was delusional, believing the dog was doing the murders when it was really just her lashing out, as it's shown in the movie she has a problem with anger. That could've made for a more interesting twist, and I always love to see the unreliable narrator trope.

However, I did like the ending, as cheesy/cliche as it may be. I always enjoyed how nuanced the film was. While nothing groundbreaking (and really the bare-minimum of good storytelling), the film does bring back things from earlier in the film, specifically phrases, to add merit to the themes of the movies. It makes you go, "oh hey, I remember that!"

All-in-all, this film wasn't horrible by any means, but it could've been stronger. If you love animals (such as myself) and just want to sit back and turn your brain off for a while, this would be a good film to do so with.

The whole movie is super predictable. The doctor said she might encounter some hallucination from the medication but they did nothing with that to deepen the plot. Instead the whole storyline was a very straight forward and shallow. They could've done something like she hallucinated the dog killing but turns out it was actually her. Even though that's still pretty lazy, it would've been better than this.

I dont know what movie these others reviewers watched but this had to be the stupidest movie I've seen since Killer Tomatoes. Yes..its up there with that. I'm an animal lover too and the thought of a dog killing all the people in my life that stress me out is not a bad thought..but this movie was so dumb. Like is it supposed to be funny? Is it made to be a cult film? Garbage! Breast feeding a dog? Come on. Need I say more?

Good Boy (2020) is another Into the Dark movie I recently watched for free on Hulu. The storyline is about a reporter who is going through some transitions in life - she is getting older and wants children and recently had her job go from permanent to contracted. She feels investing some time with a dog may reduce her stress levels; unfortunately, the dog she selects does quite the opposite. This movie is directed by Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls) and stars Judy Greer (13 going in 30), McKinley Freeman (End of Watch), Steve Guttenberg (Police Academy) and Ellen Wong (Scott Pilgrim versus the World). The storyline for this picture is well paced and fun to watch unfold. I did wish the kill scenes were revealed earlier and special effects a little more intense, but overall this has an interesting premise to watch unfold. The overall movie itself is an average addition to the genre but worth watching once. I'd score this a 5-5.5/10.

The ending...

That dog would be way too loyal to just let her go to jail. And she would have proof he did it by being anxious. Unless they're implying he fixed her anxiety in the end? This is just weird. Especially the dog breast feeding thing.

This felt like a horror movie. Not a great one, but that is a step in the right direction for the show which doesn't always gives us horror stuff.