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“Do you just love being home with him all the time?” a stranger asks in the newly released trailer for “Nightbitch,” and the look on Amy Adams’ face says it all. The trailer opens with Adams, playing an artist-turned-stay-at-home mom, desperately navigating a grocery store with her toddler. As the camera zooms in, her exhaustion is palpable—her eyes shadowed, her steps heavy. It’s clear she’s reached her limit, craving a break from the relentless routine of full-time motherhood while her husband remains blissfully distant, traveling for work.
But “Nightbitch” isn’t just another film about the struggles of motherhood. Written and directed by Marielle Heller, and adapted from Rachel Yoder’s best-selling novel, this film takes an unexpected twist into the surreal. Adams’ character, trapped in a cycle of sleepless nights and endless days, begins to undergo a bizarre transformation. Her canines grow sharper, patches of hair start to sprout, and she develops a taste for the primal. As the trailer crescendos, we see Adams prowling through the dark, her eyes gleaming with a newfound wildness. By day, she’s a “dog-tired” mom, but by night, she roams the wild, embracing her inner beast.
The teaser hints at a darkly comedic and bizarre exploration of identity and the untamed instincts that lie beneath the surface of even the most domesticated lives. With Heller at the helm and Adams in a daring role, “Nightbitch” promises to be a wildly unique ride, blurring the lines between sanity and surrender to our most animalistic impulses. Get ready for a film that bites back! It’s expected to hit theaters in December.
Watch the trailer on YouTube, it’s also embedded below.