When I first heard about Nightbitch for some reason I thought it was a horror movie with Amy Adams morphing physically into a dog.
It isn’t. Cujo can breathe easier now. What was so surprising about this sweet, wise, and glowing tribute to mothers everywhere premiering at the Toronto Film Festival today, is how down to earth and real it is.
It is funny, touching and very real despite the metaphysical aspect of Adams’ Mother character thinking her body has so deteriorated after childbirth and a case of postpartum depression that she turns basically into a dog.
The movie does require her to dig and sniff around the garden in full Lassie mode, but it isn’t any kind of startling thing.
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