Nightbitch (2024)
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- Synopsis:
- A woman, thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre and undeniable signs that she may be turning into a dog.
- Actors:
- Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Arleigh Snowden, Emmett Snowden, Jessica Harper, Zoe Chao, Mary Holland, Archana Rajan, Nate Heller, Darius De La Cruz, Ella Thomas, Stacey Swift, Garrett C Phillips, Adrienne Rose White, Kerry O'Malley, Roslyn Gentle, Michael Andrew Baker, Judith Moreland, Caden Green, Zarah Beverly
- Directors:
- Marielle Heller
- Producers:
- Amy Adams, Anne Carey, Marielle Heller, Sue Naegle, Stacy O'Neil, Christina Oh
- Writers:
- Marielle Heller, Rachel Yoder
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Horror
- Collections:
- BAFTA Nominations Competition 2025
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Reviews (1) of Nightbitch
Interesting Drama That Is Occasionally A Bit Daft - Nightbitch review by GI
As a drama that recognises and explores the sacrifice and emotional turbulence of motherhood this is a thought provoking and at times intense film enhanced by a superb lead performance from Amy Adams. However the dark comedy elements of the narrative that describes the angst and anger of women who surrender their passions and achievements to be mothers is more restrained to the detriment of the film. What begins as a body horror and transformation story to highlight the themes of the film gives way to a far too light metaphor that fails to convince.
Here Adams plays 'mother' to a lively two year old boy. She has given up a flourishing artistic career to be a stay at home mum while her husband (Scoot McNairy) disappears to work and when he's at home proves to be fairly useless. Mum, as her anger and frustrations grow, begins to sense she's turning into a dog, wild and free to live a life previously dreamed of.
At times these scenes seem rather silly and override the very powerful message the film attempts to tell.
There's much to admire here but it feels let down by a reluctance to push the boundaries with the use of the werewolf tropes to get the message across.