When the first trailer for “Nightbitch” dropped last week, the immediate reaction was one of nervousness for what the full feature would be, and some preemptive disappointment. The trailer was cut to look like a more disposable comedy of yesteryear rather than a true adaptation of the darkly funny novel on which the film is based, so it’s not hard to see where people were coming from. Still, moving to dismiss “Nightbitch” as dead in the water was premature. Could star Amy Adams not give a movie like this life? Was it possible that this was just a bad trailer? The answers to these questions are both yes and yes.
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