Catfight
Dark Sky Films | Release Date: March 3, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
We Got This CoveredDavid JamesMar 2, 2017
Heche and Oh are both outright brilliant. Read full review
80
Village VoiceBilge EbiriMar 2, 2017
In its blunt, inelegant, but surprisingly gripping way, Catfight is the (im)perfect movie for our rotten times. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMar 2, 2017
The two leads are mesmerizing, hurling themselves into their physically demented roles with ferocious commitment. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyMar 3, 2017
Tukel takes that tired cliché and blows it to smithereens. Let's hear it for unvarnished hatred expressed with no holds barred. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinMar 5, 2017
Tukel takes a big risk in Catfight: using farcical means to weave together personal and political tragedies, so that each dimension feeds the other. The rough edges and occasional clunks are a small price to pay. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersMar 2, 2017
Catfight is the type of blackly comic film that works to alienate some viewers with its over-the-top approach and its unlikable characters. But those who enjoy its dark humor will cackle with mean-spirited delight. Read full review
70
ScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneySep 17, 2016
Pure and simple, Catfight is a total blast. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneySep 16, 2016
While the broad political commentary is beyond obvious, the satire of ugly entitlement draws blood, thanks to balls-to-the-wall performances from the adversarial leading ladies. Read full review
67
The Film StageJared MobarakSep 16, 2016
Oh is fantastic as the earnest socialite who appears to have never lifted a finger towards work her entire life, but she’s also superb at the contriteness necessary to believe in a rebirth. Heche revels in playing a narcissistic taskmaster. Read full review
67
IndieWireEric KohnSep 16, 2016
No matter its flaws, Tukel’s witty inversion of the buddy movie formula — set in an embellished world riddled by wartime dysfunction — has some legitimate ideas about the way feuds can last so long that neither side remembers what they’re fighting over. Read full review
60
EmpireDavid ParkinsonMar 13, 2017
Played with committed ferocity by the excellent Oh and Heche, this riotous state-of-the-nation satire may lack subtlety, but it has the courage of its socko convictions and certainly packs a punch. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyMar 9, 2017
Sheer novelty powers this confrontational curio, up to a point. But the nastiness cuts both ways. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeSep 16, 2016
This odd, nasty yet rather funny little film tears apart ideas of sisterhood and female friendship and replaces them with burning hate and gratuitous violence. Read full review
60
VarietyAndrew BarkerSep 16, 2016
That it succeeds more often than not is due in no small part to Heche and Oh, who are wonderfully unafraid to make their characters deplorable people, and also able to invest their downfalls with sincere pathos, complicating any schadenfreude one might be expecting to find. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Mar 1, 2017
In more ways than one, Catfight lives down to its title. This is a spectacularly petty and mean-spirited comedy that pivots around, yes, two women beating the shit out of each other. Read full review
50
TheWrapDave WhiteMar 5, 2017
The failure of Catfight lies not with the leads, then, but with wasted opportunity. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonFeb 28, 2017
Onur Tukel attempts to connect Ashley and Veronica’s barbarity to the broader callousness of American life, but the satire is too blunt to really stick. Read full review
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