Nightbitch (2024)
Directed by Marielle Heller
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.
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What critics compared Nightbitch to
The story reminds me of Nightbitch, where Amy Adams plays a worn-out mom going through a nervous breakdown, but Byrne’s character, Linda, is in an even crazier situation.
Others may view it as a companion piece to the similarly themed film NIGHT BITCH from filmmaker Marielle Heller last year.
…will be compared to the prickly motherhood films that came before it, from The Lost Daughter to last year’s underrated Nightbitch. While they share similar themes, none are as unrelenting and brutal.
…as we’ve seen the attempt of last year’s Nightbitch…
…that sounds like “Nightbitch” in which harried new mom Amy Adams turns into a feral dog. Nah. “Nightbitch” lost its nerve real quick.
…from The Lost Daughter to last year’s underrated Nightbitch…
Last year, Amy Adams starred in Nightbitch, another adaptation of a novel that looked at the pain associated with motherhood and postpartum depression.
…last year we saw Amy Adams howling at the moon as NIGHT BITCH…
Late last year, another literary adaptation of a struggling mother came and left theaters without much attention. Nightbitch used a body horror metaphor to depict the mental state of an unhappy woman (Amy Adams) as she confronted her unease over her identity.
…films like Tully and Nightbitch that occupy similar territory…
Die My Love is what you get if you make Nightbitch without worrying about being approachable.
…with an emerging canon presenting a more clear-eyed portrait of women buckling under domestic stress – in last year’s Nightbitch, this fall’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, and now Lynne Ramsay’s hallucinatory picture of postpartum depression, Die My Love.