NIGHTBITCH Movie Review | Amy Adams | Scoot McNairy | Marielle Heller

[@thinking500]

Love you guys. I’m surprised Tully isn’t included in this convo! Similar content (burned out mom finding more balance) even a mermaid metaphor. I’m a gay guy and Tully is one of my top movies; the humanity is so rich.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Ah, thanks for reminding us of that!

[@patrickkevin1869]

Such a great pick up. What a great movie that was!

[@WaitingtoHit]

Since one of you is giving it a 7.8, I'm taking that as a sign that this may be the end of the six-year Amy Adams slump. I'm buying a ticket . . .

[@BobSullivanAKABuffy]

As a non-married, non parent, I agree with Alonso for sure. I felt like it could be used for birth control at times! Not something I'm privy to and I too felt like I bet I wasn't alone.

[@sway6718]

Only interested due to two elements: Adams is always a delight. And "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" is a criminally overlooked piece of excellence, where (in my opinion) should've won the Oscar in both the Actress and Supporting Actor category. Been anticipating Heller's work ever since.

[@PurushaDesa]

Same for A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood which pulled off the incredible trick of creating an updated Mr. Rogers lesson for adults, free of cynicism in an infinitely more cynical world. She's a fantastic director.

[@cmleidi]

Along with the Nightbitch novel, there were recent books (Soldier Sailor and And Then She Fell) that covered the same territory minus the canine aspect. I don't think you have to be a father or mother to realize that being a mother is a difficult job. I'm happily not a parent and I know that. If a man doesn't know how hard it is to be a mother, it's because he doesn't want to know.

[@paradisecity0406able]

Would be a great double feature with thst werewolf movie coming out with Frank Grillo

[@egglady]

Marielle Heller is a fantastic director. I will watch anything she does.

[@DavidN369]

Having neither read the novel nor paid much attention to advance word, am taking your conjoined word on this one. Hmmm....I think I might have seen this already, in A.R. Gurney's "Sylvia," yet do love both Ms. Adams and Ms. Heller, so will give it a shot. HEY! Amy Adams as Erma Bombeck. Now, there's an idea. Thanks as ever, Christy and Alonso. ❤❤❤❤

[@day1filmfan]

Definitely felt the don't give up on your dreams message especially as someone who wants to make a career in film but I thought the movie was fine.

[@nero12345789]

My problems with the movie are the exact same as the book. It hammers the point home to an exhausting degree. It’s something that needs to be told, but I got it at the 40 minute mark. Amy Adams really holds it all together for me.

[@nikosvault]

Desperate Housewives meets Wolf?

[@BonzoKilbourn]

Do moms who are going through this stuff in real life want to see it in a movie or do they want to see some escapism?

[@petergrossi6605]

I can’t wait to see it on Sunday…. I love Amy Adams. I have 4 cats, I know animals are different than kids, but they require the same love, respect, and affection as kids do.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Cats are family!

[@gjh9299]

@@BreakfastAllDay this has violence against cats fyi

[@jasonraschen1109]

The premise reminded me a little bit of Tully. Am I wrong?

[@commandZee]

It's a cool premise, I gotta see it for myself.

[@susanalfieri4487]

I recommended a copy of Alonso's book to somebody at the bookstore yesterday, and she was delighted & bought it! I've also read NIGHTBITCH, which I didn't love, but I do look forward to seeing as a film. My problem was more with the annoying sentence structure the author employed (so many questions) rather than the text's central ideas, so I'm hopeful that transforming it to a visual medium might help. Generally, I prefer the books, but in this case I feel like I may prefer the film. Looking forward to it either way.

[@BreakfastAllDay]

Thanks so much for all of that!

[@MrRicardowill]

❤I enjoy your review. I like that you can both give honest ratings. Sharing on 5 Star Movie Reviews.

[@Tchelitchew.]

This reminded me of that Marianna Palka movie "Bitch" from 2017, which had an identical premise and was also not very good.

[@RykComerford]

Beat me to it. Marianna Palka's movie came out years before Rachel Yoder's book this movie is based on. Can't help but wonder if someone borrowed/stole an idea.

[@davidowens2738]

Thank you!

[@brianng8350]

Is this a remake? I remember another movie about a mom turning into a dog? But I could not remember the specific title. This is not on top of my list, but I might catch this…

[@TheRabble1977]

Read the book instead. The book is far grittier, far more surreal, and far more complex. The book is far, far better.

[@tlovehater]

I might actually do that, I usually either read the book or watch the movie, almost never both.

[@patrickkevin1869]

The essence of the novel is definitely in this film. The pain Adams character holds at not being able to express herself as an artist and the sacrifice that Mothers/caregivers make to raise children then being turned on its head by this real (or metaphorical) metamorphosis is what make it worth a watch. Plus it’s fabulously hilarious at times, the audience I saw it with ate it up 🤍

[@AntsMovies]

This reminded me of Tully and the lost daughter

[@mclebowski]

Saw this film a couple months back at a festival, I dislike being too harsh, but I’m sorry, this was probably the worst film I saw this year.

[@davidfilmexpert]

I'm with you on this Christy, I saw this at a festival and this novel by Rachel Yoder was considered an unfilmable book and Marielle Heller has officially delivered the proof.

[@jasoncarrick5461]

Alonso tried his best to talk up this movie, but I think Christy's number was pretty on spot...get it....see spot run, just not to see this movie! Ha!

[@gjh9299]

cat violence

[@BreakfastAllDay]

This is true, there is cat violence.

[@angelthman1659]

Terrible. Cliched sentiment repeated over and over about a woman's career being stunted by motherhood. I wouldn't mind if it was wrapped around an interesting story, but there's hardly a storyline. Christy is a mom, not Alonso, so listen to her 😉

[@patpowers9210]

I like Amy Adams but not this much. Pass.