Nightbitch (2024)

Amy Adams is great, of course, and there's the basis for a great angry vibrant drama about the first years of motherhood here, with some strong moments, but the 'nightbitch' elements distract without really adding anything and then both sides just fizzle out for an unearned happy ending. The film just constantly feels like it's about to get started and never does, as if it's the tamest elevated horror movie ever. A plethora of True Lies extreme violence/rudeness fake-outs doesn't really cut it. The whole thing can be summed up by the scene where the mother finally goes through her transformation and turns into a lovely glossy huskie which may as well be a teddy bear.

Rating: disappointingly non-committal