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Play trailer 2:31 Poster for Bitch R 2017 1h 36m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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A woman snaps and assumes the psyche of a vicious dog as her checked-out, philandering husband attempts to keep the family together.
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Bitch has an intriguing premise and a strong start that hints at greater things for writer-director-star Marianna Palka, even if its reach ultimately exceeds its grasp.

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Leah Pickett Chicago Reader Sep 25, 2018
The father is unsympathetic, the kids are uninteresting, and the sister-in-law is unnecessary, so the mother's absence from her own story becomes glaring. Go to Full Review
Roxana Hadadi Punch Drunk Critics Nov 13, 2017
3/5
Bitch is darkly funny and often oddly satisfying, and how perfectly filmmaker Marianna Palka and co-star Jason Ritter understand their roles goes a long way. Go to Full Review
Christy Lemire RogerEbert.com Nov 10, 2017
1.5/4
[Palka's] come up with an intriguing premise, but doesn't quite have the nuance or the storytelling chops to offer an insightful satire. Go to Full Review
Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review May 19, 2020
It's a deeply personal, intimate piece of storytelling that holds within it dark, uncomfortable humor and pain. Go to Full Review
Emilie Black Cinema Crazed Apr 17, 2020
4.5/5
The way the story is built and acted is fantastic and connects with the audience in way that slowly builds throughout the film. Go to Full Review
Dominic Griffin Spectrum Culture Jul 17, 2019
3/5
...a premise that sounds like a particularly shitty '90s comedy is mined for challenging social commentary. Go to Full Review
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Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 10, 2025 Funny in 1 hour and 36 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Dec 14, 2021 Watched it a few years ago and loved it! See more Dec 3, 2019 This review contains spoilers. What an absolute load. There's nothing funny about it, and there's no feminist sensibility either. I expected both, and by about twenty minutes in was praying for either. Half an hour in, I was simply praying for someone to deal with the emergency situation the characters were in, which gets dragged out until nearly the end, and quite worried that the titular character would die. Then there's a whole Mr. Mom bit, which feels not only incredibly dated but incredibly patronizing, and finally — SPOILER WARNING — the minute the character's husband pays the least bit of normal attention to her, she's instantly, miraculously fine. UGH. ARE YOU KIDDING WITH THIS. Utter trash with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Criminal waste of a talented cast. See more Jul 22, 2019 Very amusing and gave a better insight to mothers with to many demands and the impact it has on them. Gave me a more indepth understanding to someone i know dealing with simular problems and why she did the things she was doing when she used to be perfevt soccer mom See more Dec 15, 2018 This was pretty good. For every woman thats had enough of their no good husband, this is the perfect movie. See more Apr 5, 2018 This movie was just down right bad. You can tell that they took this concept so seriously but it flopped and they’re calling it a “dark comedy” so they can hide the fact that they messed up. The acting when it comes to the older people are good but the child actors are unbearable See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A woman snaps and assumes the psyche of a vicious dog as her checked-out, philandering husband attempts to keep the family together.
Director
Marianna Palka
Producer
Michael Moran, Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller, Elijah Wood
Screenwriter
Marianna Palka
Distributor
Dark Sky Films
Production Co
Tunnel Post, Dark Sky Films, MarVista Entertainment, SpectreVision
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 10, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 10, 2017
Runtime
1h 36m
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