It's a deeply personal, intimate piece of storytelling that holds within it dark, uncomfortable humor and pain.

| May 19, 2020

The way the story is built and acted is fantastic and connects with the audience in way that slowly builds throughout the film.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 17, 2020

...a premise that sounds like a particularly shitty '90s comedy is mined for challenging social commentary.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2019

Bitch is an attempt to make a feminist statement that is just as punchy and provocative as its title. However, the central gimmick tires about thirty minutes into the feature...

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 4, 2019

Forget the stresses of being a mother and a wife: simply being a woman is a full time job that will drive you crazy.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 20, 2018

Bitch has a great, attention-grabbing premise but as a satirical feminist parable it ends up too extreme for its own good.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 18, 2018

The father is unsympathetic, the kids are uninteresting, and the sister-in-law is unnecessary, so the mother's absence from her own story becomes glaring.

| Sep 25, 2018

A great black comedy drama that highlights the stresses and demands of modern family life.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 29, 2018

As an actress, Palka is the very definition of game, while her freewheeling and intimate directorial style captures the chaos at close quarters, and she does well to stretch what seems like a novelty concept fruitfully to feature-length.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 21, 2017

It's a wonderful film; humanely acted, fiercely entertaining and commendably nuanced. It deserves a wide audience. The world would be better for it.

| Nov 15, 2017

As Bitch progresses, it slides into a much more familiar redemptive tale but then Jill barks from the basement and we remember this movie still has a little - well - bite.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 15, 2017

Palka is an astonishing force here.

| Original Score: 7.4/10 | Nov 13, 2017

Bitch is darkly funny and often oddly satisfying, and how perfectly filmmaker Marianna Palka and co-star Jason Ritter understand their roles goes a long way.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 13, 2017

"Bitch" is about as confrontational a piece of work as anything else to come out this year.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 12, 2017

There's a heightened quality to the early scenes, but the film soon morphs into a staid domestic drama, leaving behind a sense of imbalance and inconsistency.

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 10, 2017

[Palka's] come up with an intriguing premise, but doesn't quite have the nuance or the storytelling chops to offer an insightful satire.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 10, 2017

A satirical scream of rage against patriarchal prerogatives, this feminist horror-comedy, written and directed by Ms. Palka, has a vicious edge that can stifle your laughter.

| Nov 9, 2017

Palka takes things to an extreme, yet her sense of intimacy remains powerful, cutting through a gimmick to identify relatable stress and conjure a startling feeling of hopelessness.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 9, 2017

While it's refreshing to see a portrait of a woman's unraveling that doesn't romanticize mental illness, and that's actually directed by a woman, it's easy to wish Bitch probed a bit deeper into the protagonist's pre-dog life.

| Nov 8, 2017

Initially offbeat, Bitch awkwardly pivots toward a more inspirational story of regret and reconciliation.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 7, 2017