Unfortunately it doesn't go beyond the obvious that raising a toddler is incredibly difficult

| Apr 7, 2025

Amy Adams is exceptional in Nightbitch, a metaphorical exercise about the madness of motherhood which also touches on so much more regarding societal expectations and the anticipated sacrifice of one's self.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 21, 2025

[A] snarling, on-the-wet-nose metaphor for parental transformation, but one that this surprisingly tender film puts to good use. 

| Mar 19, 2025

It scratches the surface of profound themes -- identity, sacrifice, the complexities of motherhood -- but never digs deep enough to leave a lasting impression.

| Feb 3, 2025

Director Marielle Heller takes the plunge into magical realism, opting more for that than horror. In other words, she doesn't force or lean into body horror...[Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 1, 2025

Adams is predictably good in her emotional honesty, even in a story meagre on the bones.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 28, 2025

Nightbitch struggles to find its tone and its direction, since it does not fully decide on either fantastic delirium or satirical comedy to finally embrace a more existentialist tone and a feminist streak. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 27, 2025

Nightbitch opens up a space for reflection on the social and emotional pressures associated with motherhood, consolidating itself as a relevant work within the current debate on gender and motherhood. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jan 27, 2025

A committed Amy Adams performance never leads the audience astray. However, the suburban body horror bites off more than writer-director Marielle Heller can chew, examining the hair-raising nature of motherhood.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 24, 2025

A darkly comedic cross between '80s werewolf movies, a Cronenberg-eseque body horror and the Charlie Theron-starring Tully, Heller’s tale is not only a thought-provoking meditation on the “brutality of motherhood”, but also a fabulous showcase for Adams.

| Jan 24, 2025

Nightbitch isn’t afraid to remind the viewer that motherhood begins with an act of violence [...] but it also feels it necessary to constantly remind the audience like a pair of plastic keys clacking in the face of a crying infant in a restaurant.

| Jan 23, 2025

Yoder’s rage does shine through, but the silly, slapstick nature of the metaphor made flesh is ultimately a distraction and a disservice.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 23, 2025

Nightbitch is a strange, sometime gross ride, driven by female rage and loneliness, but within its metaphorical approach are empowering, empathetic messages about the real-life job of parenting.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 23, 2025

Director Marielle Heller’s adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s novel with Amy Adams as a harried mother who transforms into a dog has its satiric moments, but fails to commit to its provocative premise.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 22, 2025

A satirical allegory that addresses the fundamental debates about motherhood. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 22, 2025

...beyond the fact that its message is profoundly American at heart, the problem is that the film focuses on explaining all of this as if it were a conversational podcast. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 21, 2025

Heller … gets great comic mileage out of the mother’s exasperation and her dog-provided liberation. She does tend to underline the point a little too heavily, with dialogue that sounds more like an op-ed than a comedy script.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 18, 2025

If this were an essay that would be one thing... But [Marielle Heller] is handicapped by the material.

| Jan 17, 2025

I think that every man should see this.

| Jan 11, 2025

Amy Adams shines in this dark comedy that explores the brutal realities of motherhood, however the uneven execution of its metaphors holds it back. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 2, 2025