night bitch Adapted from the novel by Rachel Yoder, which I read a month before the film arrived in the UK; one thing I might have been disappointed with was that in a book with the premise of a woman turning into a dog and killing a cat And in movies, it’s going to lean more towards body horror. But that’s not the case here – both in the book and in the film it’s played with aggressive restraint and at times has the promise of a landmark drama, with the focus being on the breakdown of a marriage as both mother and father grapple with co-parenting The demanding mom is coping by discovering new fur, sharper teeth, an enhanced sense of smell and a tail growing on her body. Amy Adams’ performance delivers on promise, and to her credit, she salvages such a strange premise.
It helps that the film is short, less than 100 minutes. It covers most of the book’s bases, but falls short in adapting its bold ending. Would rather walk backward than forward. I love the pairing of Adams and Scott McNairy, they’re always reliable, and the talented Arlie Snowden is adorable as the boy who innocently makes his parents’ life increasingly difficult, on Book Babies , an event where moms take their kids to sing songs. When their son is introduced to them and connects with other new parents, he yells “fuck” when his name is introduced. This didn’t stop the parents from befriending the new girl in the club, who had a background in high art, but the mother hated them – while being unable to fit in with her old friends, the highbrows. association.
The exhaustion of motherhood and the need to be around your children 24/7 feels amazing. I really like how Marielle Heller looks at marriage through this lens, rather than the louder, louder Hollywood approach and messy divorce. In retrospect, keeping this film so firmly on the right track was a more daunting task than many might have been prepared for—the satire at the heart of the story never quite hits its mark; I think maybe──we Needs more scenes for mom to accept her role as dog; or night bitch. It felt like it was over just as it began.
Rachel Yoder’s clever writing of the source material is a difficult subject to adapt and I don’t think the book got everything right, but it won’t be a body horror film this time Anticipation helped and got me started on it. Yet you can’t truly embrace the mythology without the promise of body horror – it feels half-hearted and tacked-on, designed to appeal to the wave of New York Times bestseller readers that ensured the book won so many in the first place followers. So in that sense I think it works – and has found its target audience?
It feels a bit half-baked, and the unique elements of its brutally honest depiction of motherhood win it all the praise, but its more unique elements don’t win as much as it should, while night bitchThe comedy timing is spot-on; the best jokes were spoiled in the trailers, which means they don’t really have the same effect when viewed live. But the important thing is – this is a much better movie than the cluttered trailers might lead you to believe – and considering you’d expect the book to be largely underwhelming, it holds together well, which is No small achievement; even if it feels like a TV movie designed for ABC on a Sunday afternoon.
