Recently, there's been a lot of talk of "childless cat ladies" and the dangers they (we) pose to the future of humankind, so it's pretty timely that along comes Marielle Heller's Nightbitch to prove that dog-loving women with kids can also have their issues.

Amy Adams hurtles out of a career dry spell and tears into the story of this particular child-ful dog lady — based on the bestselling novel by Rachel Yoder — like a rottweiler pouncing on a flank steak.

Juggling her love for her child, her frustration with her absent husband (Scoot McNairy) and her resentment at them both for the way her prior identity as an artist has been subsumed into that of a stay-at-home mom, Adams turns in a darkly humorous performance that should nip at the heels of any woman – mother or not – who has ever been bitten by society's underestimation.

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