All the characters with the exception of the woman the husband was having the affair with were unlikable. The kids were bizarre and creepy. The father was just flat or falling down. I did not care what happened to any of them! The wife or bitch's character was just weird and stupid.

215. Bitch. A super intense, bizarre movie. Let's take a look at the American family... One day, Jill succumbs to the pressure of being the mother to 4 screaming kids and add a cheating, workaholic absent dad, Bill, into the mix and she has a slight mental breakdown, now it might have something to do with that weird German Sheppard thats been just chilling staring at the house, but Jill kinda takes on the persona of a doggy, yup. Now, hubby Bill has to step up to the plate and he miserably fails because he now realizes a bit too late, that Jill completely ran his life for him, and he totally screwed that up royally. And now he's caught between taking care of it all by himself or accept help from others. It really was a kick ass movie... the film's score keeps it intense, great acting and scores high on the creepy as hell factor!!

The very delicate point of the movie is focusing on the solidarity role of both husband and wife in the family. Jill does everything for her family as a mother and also as a wife, and has Been ignored by her husband and as a result; by her kids. There is no way for her to find a time for her own. Her vital need of being loved and appreciated has been vanished. The jill's horrible mental disorder is the milestone in the family consciousness. The eyes catches the light in absolute darkness. The appreciation, love, and understanding concludes the family's satisfaction. I admire Marianna Palka as the writer, director, and specially the stunning performance as the Jill's role.

If you want to see a feel good movie, watch a Disney movie. The character development is brilliant. The husband is a narcisstic waste of space who has accessorized his life with a stay at home wife and four kids. He is disloyal to everyone because he only cares about himself. His wife Jill eventually has a psychotic break which forces him to step up. He seeks out the help of his sister in law because he can't do it on his own. There are some funny moments however this is a movie that calls to reflection. It is a very uncomfortable story about being a wife to a selfish man and mother to entitled kids. The children are awful too and lack empathy towards their mother. Don't be overly critical of it, watch it with an open-mind!

Shows very strong similarities to the 2002 film 'Bark' where a vet meets a man whose wife starts acting like a dog. Directed by Kasia Adamik, she also made another recent film about a crazed canine in 2017 titled 'Pokot'. To me I believe that a 'Bitch' used this story line, not very original. The acting was good by some and terrible by one or two others, camera work, was just basic, the editing and color grading was ok/good, the jokes, sorry but they were pretty lame. There was so much depth this film could have achieved, millions of house mothers from around the world could have related to it but it just made a joke of a horrible situation. I gave it a 4 and I believe that this is more than fare.

My apologies to Marianna Palka, but this is a terrible movie. I am fully able to accept the plot where a woman suffers a mental breakdown and takes on the personality of a dog. Yes, she literally thinks she is a dog, and not a friendly family dog, but a mean, aggressive one. She has a terrible and unfaithful husband who leaves all the stress of running a household and caring for 4 kids squarely on her shoulders. It appears she takes on the personality of a dog because dogs have no responsibilities. What makes the story unbelievable are the characters. The dad is such a bad dad that he doesn't know the name of his kids' school. His four kids go to a private school so he is obviously paying several thousand dollars a year. I can understand a bad father being out of touch, but he is spending that kind of money and he doesn't know where his money is going? That's pretty hard to believe. Then when the older kids get dropped off at middle school they ask for lunch money. He hands them a $100 bill and asks, "Is this enough?" Really? Is the writer trying to show the dad is that far out of touch? Or is she trying to show us how frantic the dad has become since mom's disappearance. The two older kids are in middle school. Yet, when mom starts acting like a dog those two young teenage kids think it's funny. The way the scene is directed it is not funny, it is disturbing. Mom has been missing for a whole day. Dad and the mother's sister come into the home after frantically searching the neighborhood for her, and the kids are laughing doing kids things like playing video games. The kids happened to locate their mother. She is in the basement, stripped of all her clothing, covered in her own fecal matter, and literally acting exactly like a vicious dog. If this happened to my mom when I was 12 or 13 I would be incredibly upset and worried. I wouldn't be laughing at the situation. He's also been married to his wife for a while as the oldest is 13 years old, yet he doesn't know the name of his sister in law's husband. His wife's sister does not live across the country. She lives in the same city, and the two sisters appear to be very close. Despite this the dad doesn't know the name of the man his sister in law has been married to for years? That's ridiculous. When it becomes obvious the mom needs professional help, the family doctor is called in. He refers them to a professional who deals with these sorts of situations. It's not said in the movie, but this other professional must be a psychiatrist. A real general practitioner with an M.D. is not going to refer an obviously mentally disturbed person to a self-help guru. Additionally, this second professional can write prescriptions. After the examination the sister asks the psychiatrist for an official medical term for her condition. The doctor's answer? "Acting like a dog." Not funny, but stupid. No real psychiatrist is going to say that. I love a good goofy movie. Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell movies have their place. In a good, silly movie the dad can be so bad as to not know the name of the kids' schools or their own brother in law. The silly psychiatrist in the silly movie may have an official diagnosis of "acting like a dog". However, this movie isn't directed like a silly movie. It's trying to be a realistic, dark comedy. Sadly, it cannot be said that the director didn't see the writer's vision and tried to turn a silly movie into a more realistic comedy because the director IS the writer. This week Stephen Spielberg said movies on Netflix should not be eligible to win Oscsars. Don't worry Stephen, they're not going to win any Oscars.

This movie was way better than I thought it would be in that among other things it takes a concept and looks at what would that would look like. While there are funny scenes, it does not shy away from the disturbing: 1) The movie starts with the woman attempting suicide - this brings home reinforces how far things have gone with her getting no support at home with raising 4 kids. 2) The woman believes she is a dog and is treated like she needs to be and is basically locked up in her own home because she is dangerous. There is an almost traumatic quality to it, and at times I found it hard to watch. 3) The sound of the dog is loud for what I think is intentional and sometimes there is a sort of surprise bark or growl to throw off the audience. 4) The husband refuses to get her real treatment because he wants to retain the illusion of control. This was also disturbing to me because of just how serious the woman's condition is. They show the transformation of the husband and the family around the condition of the mother and that was kind of interesting. I did not completely find this to be a comedy but I found it refreshing - I actually did think it portrayed what psychosis can look like. I think it does also show how an emotional contract between two people can go horribly wrong and signal a need to change. There are obvious messages about roles of men and women which are largely outmoded in today's society - the woman in this movie has given up everything and has next to no space or time for herself, and the husband has never given up anything and at least in the beginning is more emotionally connected to his job than anything else. One might say well what about the affair he is having with the secretary - I believe this is an extension of the husband's narcissism or at least intense self-involvement. It is so pronounced that I almost questioned how he could have had 4 kids in the first place.

I haven't seen a genuinely emotional, smart, realistic, heart- felt family movie in a loooong time. Marianna Palka did an amazing job as a director. The film centres on a Mother/wife/human who always cares and do everything about her family but she never get what she deserve. I dont wanna do any spoiler so please just watch this movie and decide yourself.

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

Written , directed and produced by Palka and starring her boyfriend Jason Ritter and I think she over-reached herself. Could have been interesting but was just one long borefest. Sure we can all appreciate the theme but it wasnt enough to carry a movie - Maybe a 15 minute short but not a movie. Music was awful. Dialogue pitiful. Acting was ok! Full of feminist tropes and cliches. I did like the Video / poster but that is about it! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS!!! There are worse films like "THE BAD BATCH" with Keanu Reeves so it hasnt attained the unholy p1sspot of god awful movie making that that disaster has!