Heel (The Good Boy)

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Heel (The Good Boy)

Mar 2026

1h 50m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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From Academy Award® nominated director Jan Komasa, HEEL is a twisted thriller that follows 19-year-old hooligan Tommy (Anson Boon), who revels in a life of drugs, parties, and violence. One night, on a bender with his reckless friends, he becomes separated from the group and is abducted by an unknown figure (Golden Globe® winner Stephen Graham). Though he is no stranger to inflicting violence, he is enraged and horrified when he wakes to find himself chained in the basement of the isolated suburban family home of Chris (Graham), his wife Kathryn (Academy Award® nominee Andrea Riseborough), and their young son Jonathan (Kit Rakusen). The family sets out to reform Tommy's unruly behavior, forcing him to comply with their relentless mind games or seek escape at any cost.

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Critics Consensus

Having a maniacally fun time while wrestling with provocative questions about rehabilitation, Heel is a nutty thriller that has a surprising amount of method to its madness.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

1d

2/5

The half-ideas at play here suggest a Yorgos Lanthimos twist on A Clockwork Orange, but that pitch could very easily have malfunctioned in exactly the ways this film does.

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Ed Potton

The Times (UK)

2d

4/5

Boon’s already considerable charisma is somehow magnified by Tommy’s incarceration and Graham and Riseborough prove yet again that they can find humanity in even the most disturbing characters.

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Jonathan Romney

Financial Times

2d

2/5

...The Good Boy is ultimately more serious-minded than truly caustic, Komasa too sober a director to really let rip with the story’s blacker aspects.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

1d

Heel is a provocative dark satire of kidnapping that raises questions about ethics for criminal rehabilitation and definitions of 'found families.' The talented cast's performances elevate a story that sometimes meanders and has a divisive ending.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

2d

4/5

There's a pitch-black comical undertone to this unnerving dramatic thriller, making it impossible to look away from the screen as the offbeat story unfolds in unpredictable directions.

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Patrick H

@RT33584688 1d

weird, but well done!

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Roland M

@RT56530337 2d

I was actually surprised how good this movie was. It is warped toward a solution that is life changing for the characters involved.

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Shawn S.

@Sumney72 3d

Creepy and warped little package all wrapped up in one, would watch again!

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Phill M

@phillmass 3d

Enjoyed this, keeps you interested throughout with some mix of dark comedy, tragedy and intrigue - mixed with some deeper messages and gets you thinking, worth a watch

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Phillip H

@RT55275407 4d

This move was amazing!

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hudaifa A

@RT67043072 4d

it was good idea but there is no meaning of the story like do they help the comunity the acting was very good mabye the end it could be better way batter ,

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Synopsis

From Academy Award® nominated director Jan Komasa, HEEL is a twisted thriller that follows 19-year-old hooligan Tommy (Anson Boon), who revels in a life of drugs, parties, and violence. One night, on a bender with his reckless friends, he becomes separated from the group and is abducted by an unknown figure (Golden Globe® winner Stephen Graham). Though he is no stranger to inflicting violence, he is enraged and horrified when he wakes to find himself chained in the basement of the isolated suburban family home of Chris (Graham), his wife Kathryn (Academy Award® nominee Andrea Riseborough), and their young son Jonathan (Kit Rakusen). The family sets out to reform Tommy's unruly behavior, forcing him to comply with their relentless mind games or seek escape at any cost.

Director: Jan Komasa
Producer: Jeremy Thomas, Ewa Piaskowska, Jerzy Skolimowski
Screenwriter: Bartek Bartosik, Naqqash Khalid
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Skopia Film, Recorded Picture Company
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 6, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 6, 2026
Runtime: 1h 50m

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