Bitch

Came across this on Netflix and thought the premise looked interesting. Actually thought it was going to be a cheesy horror flick, but was glad it turned out to be something totally unexpected. The acting, especially Ritter's is superb. Some of the dialog had me cracking up, which I think was intentional. Such an unbelievable premise was handled very realistically. There were some very touching moments in the film as well, and all of the characters had some degree of likability. Would definitely recommend for those who like the occasional offbeat film. I also felt the ending was appropriate, though folks who like things made more obvious might not.

Nervous breakdown anyone? I guess we can feel with the woman. If not you are as much of a jerk than her husband. And while Mr. Ritter is usually more of a nice guy on screen, he couldn't be further away with his role here. Actually he is so far off the cliff, that it starts hurting. Not just the viewer, but the movie as well.

Of course the main character has to have flaws he has to overcome so the audience will root for him in the end. But this is not just a 180 turn. This is like Exorcist like spinning when we arrive towards the end of the movie. So much spinning, that it's almost a surprise not all ended up crawling on the floor.

The thing is, for people to care, you have to walk a fine line. Something Ritter either isn't capable of (charisma-wise) and/or the script isn't giving him a chance. And that is before all the convenient stuff that happens (open doors, smelling only when needed for drama purposes and so forth).

Now every movie has logic issues if you really break them down, but the good ones have saving Graces. Why no one interferes, why the story (for "comedic purposes") just roles on like that ... it's obvious and you have to lower your bar quite a bit - to acknowledge the good intention of the movie and weigh them in a big way. If you can do that - well you probably have already voted dislike on my comment... but good for you and I mean that

I liked Bitch because the story unfolds from such a simple premise: When it all gets too much for a mother of four, she takes herself out of the equation. We don't know whether she is making a conscious choice or suffering from a rare disease of the mind. All we know is that her workaholic husband now has to do without her. It doesn't go well, at least not initially. Bitch is not the world's deepest movie, but it's an entertaining lesson about the effort it takes to keep a family together.

There's really not much mystery to it. Or much to it at all. From the first few moments of the movie you see that Jill is having a mental break down and you see that her husband is a nightmare. By the end of the movie they try and make it a revelation that we finally have figured it all out... the husband is a nightmare. When we've known this from the very start and all the way through.

How is any guy this bad? He acts like a little child who used his wife as a slave. He's the most selfish man I've ever seen in a character. And he can't even see it. Why would anyone put up with that for over sixteen years? It's very infuriated to watch it.

She turns into a vicious dog? Thats whats written on the summery of the film. They show very little images of her as a dog. You mostly hear her, not see her. They refuse to show us how on earth she ran so fast on all fours. And covering herself in human poo is not something a dog does. Further more that is down right abuse to leave someone like that. She would start to rot and get serious illnesses. They have some plot holes with this. The movie is more so directed at the husband and how he reacts, not so much Jill being dog like.

The movie is not funny. There's no mystery. It's mostly all filmed in the colors blue and white. They try and make it fast paced with fast conversations and loud annoying music. It does flow nicely and it keeps interest as you're hoping there will be more to it, unfortunately there's not. It does wrap itself up very nicely. But almost too quickly. It goes from one degree to the next on a dime.

For a low budget indie film, it's not terrible.

It looks nice, considering its budget.

What is readily apparent, is that it's trying to be different just to be different.

It is bizarre, but not in an interesting way.

The pacing is not exactly great, and the writing seems random.