Heel (The Good Boy)

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Heel (The Good Boy)

Mar 2026

1h 50m

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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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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

2d

“Heel” is Tolstoy’s happy-family maxim cooked in a mad scientist’s lab.

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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

2d

3/5

Whether Heel advocates for or indicts troubled-teen reprogramming is never clarified, but its despair at the societal decline caused by teens’ pervasive drug and social media abuse resonates

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

2d

Can this monster delinquent be rehabilitated? Theoretically, that’s an interesting question, except that the way this happens is so garishly contrived that we can only go with the movie by putting any plea for reality on permanent hold.

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Carson Timar

Clapper

1d

Heel feels like a definitive step in Jan Komasa’s career that isn't afraid to challenge and push audiences.

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

2d

Heel might shout its themes directly at the audience, but that’s less important than the clever and thoughtful thriller it becomes.

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

3d

"Heel" is a solid movie with perfect ingredients, but the story needed tightening and perhaps elicited more experienced screenwriter’s feedback.

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revolver.0 8

@Revolver08 2h

starting as good intentions, but too ambiguous in third act

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Slick R

@SlickReviewer 17h

Anson Boone always plays the screw up in all of his TV / movie roles. He's just so good at it. He's also quite annoying but that's what he's supposed to do. But this movie was original.

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Valerie M.

@Vmiller27 21h

Super weird idea but well done. Worth watching. Great performances.

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Christian G

@ChristianG012 1d

Great Movie! UK’s did a wonderful job. Suspense, thrill, emotional, and surprisingly gave a smile at the end of the movie after all the sadness. Definitely watch this movie

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Andrew S

@RT18421042 1d

Excellent film. Thought provoking, brilliantly acted by everyone involved and well filmed. Top quality film!

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Carlos S

@Karlos23 2d

10/10 From a mad man to a man who values what really matters. F....d up story, but possibly the answer to many problems. Suggest to all who are and have been lost to club life and drugs.

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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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