Hillbilly Elegy”) the viewer goes along with her for the ride, er, walk. “Nightbitch” is funny and lovably weird.A bigger issue than its oddball plot is that the film, which Heller also adapted, is one-note.
Once we know where the story is headed, it ventures there exactly as we anticipate it to — and nowhere else. Much like a dog fetching a stick.Heller is a splendid filmmaker.
Her “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” about writer Lee Israel is one of my favorite movies of the past several years. Her prodigious skill is on display in “Nightbitch,” as is Adams’, but it’s nonetheless a tricky tale to house-train..
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