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Nightbitch doesn’t have enough of that dog in it
Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch lacks a certain bite.
But whereas the book was a deeply weird character study of a woman interrogating what it means to be a mother in a patriarchal society that demands unfaltering perfection, the movie is more of a cheesy comedy that feels skittish about really baring its teeth. Her ability to see profound beauty in gruesome things like decaying animal carcasses is part of what attracted Husband (Scoot McNairy) to her, and his reverence for her creativity made their pairing feel like a perfect match. But that deliciously disconcerting energy evaporates whenever Mother breaks the fourth wall to sigh at Husband’s ineptitude or fantasize about the mildly stern things she might say if she weren’t so concerned with other people’s feelings.
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