instinct

"I don't want to repeat the mistakes I made as a parent and I ignored my instincts with my eldest."

Dark and disturbing, “Good Boy” explores what happens when our pets are confronted with forces beyond their comprehension, and how we as humans often fail to heed our pet’s instincts.

He says his first instinct was to make his way south to the kibbutz, a journey down roads he would soon see littered with bodies, wrecked cars and terrified people seeking shelter.

As the film explores the distinctions between behaving from instinct versus intellect — a battle between heart and mind — there is a chilly distance that Anderson never quite bridges.

In other words, her instincts and approach in the Home Office might make some within the party squeamish.