Heel Review: A Performance Powerhouse with a unique look at the human condition and familial bonds

Heel (The Good Boy)

The themes driving Heel are right on the surface of the screenplay, written by Bartek Bartosik and Naqqash Khalid, and that decision seems just right once we get an idea of what this movie is trying to do with its story. The gist of it is that a young man has been kidnapped and is being held in the basement of a seemingly normal-enough couple, with the caveat being their obvious psychopathy and willingness to take for their prisoner a basically …

Heel Review: A Performance Powerhouse with a unique look at the human condition and familial bonds

PLOT: A 19-year-old criminal, Tommy, is kidnapped and forced into a rehabilitation process by a dysfunctional couple, Chris and Kathryn, who try to make him a “good boy.” Tommy must find a way to escape. REVIEW: I’ll always love a movie that isn’t quite what it seems on the surface. Even when you see the poster for Heel, with a family looking picturesque only to notice the chain and dog collar on one of them, and you know you’re in for something…