TIFF: NIGHTBITCH               

Debbie & Elizabeth at the Movies

We went through well over 200 movie listings for this popular festival.  We believe that we chose well while knowing that we also missed a bunch of other great choices too.  I will list the ones we missed (but wanted to see) in the upcoming days. It’s not easy to see everything and if you were able to; you’d turn into a zombie. We purposely avoided some controversial themes and picked ones we thought would be enjoyable pure entertainment, with a message.  The thing is that deciphering the message isn’t always easy. How do you make sense of someone who thinks she may be turning into a dog?

So we agreed on what we wanted to see together, and NIGHTBITCH starring Amy Adams was high on our list. It was a Special Presentation. You have to remember that we try to not know too much about a festival movie before viewing it.  Surprises can be good – or bad.

Adams is such an amazing actress and I think the decision to see this one was a combo of Adams being the main attraction, and the story; as bizarre as that turned out to be.  So without further ado….

Bottom line in one sentence – Motherhood can be a Bitch and Women have Superpowers.  But we should add a little more right?

Okay; admittedly we never quite understood the “dog” comparison…although we are all animals and because neither of us have children of our own, it’s possible that Mother (played by Adams and we think she was only referred to as “mother”) was just going nuts.  I mean; baby book club and stuff like that.  What women sacrifice in order to have children is… a lot!  Oh; yeah, maybe it had something to do with the hormonal change. The whole motherhood deal can be ruff. And sometimes it’s easier to  relate to dogs more so than humans. Or, could it be that you can be so overworked or so overtired that you think you’re a dog??  Anyway…

Marielle Heller is the director.  She weaves drama, comedy and a significant mix of realism and dark humour in what we childless two believe mothers who’ve had ‘real’ children (instead of canine children) will appreciate even more so.

The movie is based on the bestselling 2021 novel of the same name. Heller has created a profoundly original exploration of mother hood (including what is “never said out loud but thought by many”) and destined to be one of the most talked about films of the year.

After this movie we can say that we fully appreciate all our relatives and friends who’ve had babies…while being happy that we’ve never had any of our own. 

And men take note: you could never do it with the same expertise.

We morning bitches are here to say “you might think so; but you can’t.”