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Nov 9, 2017
80
As she did in her gentler but equally original “Good Dick” in 2008, Ms. Palka carves a black and biting niche between a man and a woman, a space where chaos and psychological unease demand to be reckoned with.
Nov 9, 2017
75
Fearless writer-director-actress Marianna Palka has crafted an bold, dark domestic comedy with Bitch.
Nov 9, 2017
75
Even as the high-concept premise wears thin, Palka manages to generate an unexpected degree of sympathy for the floundering couple, and the wordless finale allows for a complete transformation that extends beyond Jill’s bizarre condition.
Nov 22, 2017
70
For a film that’s incredibly angry and blackly comic, it finally, and surprisingly, makes a case for compassion and understanding.
Mar 21, 2018
63
Bitch, truth be told, isn’t as daring and “out there” as its titles promises.
Nov 9, 2017
58
Bitch‘s third act is an improvement upon its second, mainly in that the movie allows itself to be weird again.
Nov 7, 2017
50
Initially offbeat, Bitch awkwardly pivots toward a more inspirational story of regret and reconciliation.
Nov 9, 2017
50
Acted and executed with brute conviction, if not much delicacy, by its writer-director-star, with an excellent foil in Jason Ritter’s boorish, baffled husband, the film feels overstretched in its latter half — with its central metaphor revealing only so many facets before the shock factor begins to pall.
Nov 9, 2017
50
While it’s refreshing to see a portrait of a woman’s unraveling that doesn’t romanticize mental illness, and that’s actually directed by a woman, it’s easy to wish Bitch probed a bit deeper into the protagonist’s pre-dog life.
Nov 9, 2017
40
It’s an interesting concept, but the characters are thin and nothing here feels insightful.