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A Balasaur Score of 56 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 59%, Metacritic 56/100. Every source lands within 4 points of the others. Most of the 4,483 2020s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Hulu.
Synopsis
A woman, thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre and undeniable signs that she may be turning into a dog.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes59%
Metacritic56/100
402 audience votes
Key crew
- Marielle HellerDirector
- Marielle HellerWriter
- Nate HellerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Amy AdamsMother
- Scoot McNairyHusband
- Arleigh SnowdenSon
- Emmett SnowdenSon
- Jessica HarperNorma
- Zoë ChaoJen
- Mary HollandMiriam
- Archana RajanLiz
- Nate HellerBook Babies Leader
- Darius De La CruzLemuel
- Ella A. ThomasNaya
- Stacey SwiftFreida
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookmelancholysatiremagic realismmetamorphosissuburbanitemotherhoodplayfulbody horror