Friday, December 27, 2024
Nightbitch
A married woman (Amy Adams) pauses her professional life as an artist to become a stay-at-home mom for young son, but soon her life takes a surreal turn in this fantasy black comedy about the joys & challenges of motherhood. Told from the mother/wife point of view, this is a satirical look at a woman’s struggle to be that perfect mom to her child while feeling she is not doing a good enough job as well as being resentful, frustrated, disappointed, & so so tired. She has lost who she used to be. She can’t relate to the other moms in her “book baby” group. She is arguing more with her husband (Scoot McNairy). She feels out of touch with her former co-workers. One night, it all comes to a head & she snaps at her husband who wants to call her the b**** word but refrains himself. Thus, the film’s title which she dubs herself & she begins manifesting her inner primal animal urges. Adams fully commits the canine performance & the after-childbirth mom bod. She is hilarious. This film will appeal to moms & dog lovers. Will there be a happy end?
Alien gives it 3 “grrr woof woof” stars out of 4.
