Nightbitch
2024
***½
Director: Marielle Heller
Cast: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland, Kerry O'Malley, Ella Thomas, Laura Meadows, Jessica Harper, Emmett James Snowden, Arleigh Patrick Snowden
An exhausted and disillusioned stay-at-home mom becomes increasingly convinced that motherhood is literally transforming her. Amy Adams delivers a reliably great performance as a woman overwhelmed by the demands and frustrations of her new life. For the first two-thirds, Marielle Heller's dark comedy is enjoyably wacky and funny, with a touch of body horror. However, the final third shifts into a more conventional and formulaic direction. Heller adapted the script from Rachel Yoder's 2021 novel.
