A woman (Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn in Marielle Heller’s biting adaptation of the 2021 bestselling novel of the same name.
Nightbitch features Adams at her astounding best as a woman who grapples with the swift and drastic difference between her post-baby and pre-baby life. Once a successful artist and curator, she now finds her days to be an endless stream of cooking, cleaning, and playtime. She loves her child, but she can’t help but realize that she’s lost her luster and sense of identity.
But you know what they say – when one door closes, another opens. And this door might just resemble a doggy door, as she finds something primal threatening to unleash from within her. Why are her canine teeth looking extra sharp? What’s with her heightened sense of smell? The newly-grown patch of hair on her back? But most of all, it’s her new desires that stand out, backed by a voracious appetite that won’t be ignored.
Wildly relatable and deliciously subversive, Nightbitch is a sharp examination of motherhood, female expectations, and the things we feel but never say.