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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAs 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.
- 58ConsequenceRandall ColburnConsequenceRandall ColburnBitch‘s third act is an improvement upon its second, mainly in that the movie allows itself to be weird again.
- 50Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithInitially offbeat, Bitch awkwardly pivots toward a more inspirational story of regret and reconciliation.
- 50VarietyGuy LodgeVarietyGuy LodgeActed 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.
- 50Village VoiceAbbey BenderVillage VoiceAbbey BenderWhile 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.
- 40The GuardianCath ClarkeThe GuardianCath ClarkeIt’s an interesting concept, but the characters are thin and nothing here feels insightful.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeWhat begins as an examination of middle-class-mom exasperation — in which demanding some marital equality makes one not just a figurative "bitch" but a literal one — turns into a more commonplace bad-dad parable in Marianna Palka's off-kilter, largely off-target satire Bitch.
- 38RogerEbert.comChristy LemireRogerEbert.comChristy LemireIt’s like a surreal, extreme version of “Bad Moms.”