Variety
It has a certain outlandish purity of purpose which Heche and Oh follow through on with demonic intensity, making for a film that's just as hard to embrace as it is to dismiss.
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Catfight
A reunion between university chums played by Sandra Oh and Anne Heche sparks a no-holds-barred war of attrition in this outrageous black comedy.
"One-time college pals Veronica (Oh) and Ashley (Heche) run into each other at a party. The women, now in their forties and having not seen each other since school, find that their lives have taken radically different paths. Ashley is barely scraping by as a painter of politically charged canvases, while Veronica is married to a wealthy businessman who's about to profit hugely off yet another US-led war in the Middle East.
"Within minutes of their reunion, a rivalry is revived, old wounds are torn open, and a Manhattan stairwell becomes home to a woman-on-woman brawl. Over the course of five years and three bloody, bone-crushing rounds, Catfight's formidable adversaries will lose everything they cherish, and rail furiously as their fortunes are subject to wild reversals." (Toronto International Film Festival)
Less201696 minsUSA
Comedy
- Director:
- Onur Tukel ('Applesauce', 'Summer of Blood', 'Abby Singer/Songwriter')
- Writer:
- Onur Tukel
- Cast:
- Sandra OhAnne HecheAlicia SilverstoneDylan BakerTituss BurgessAriel KavoussiAmy Hill
Catfight | Reviews
74%61 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Vanity Fair
The absurdist use of fisticuffs in Onur Tukel's extremely independent Catfight is unnerving, strangely hilarious - and, whether you accept it or not, meaningful.
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The Guardian
Catfight will turn off many from the outset (there were many walkouts during the screening I attended) but its strange combination of brutal physical comedy and pitch black satire make it an oddity worth fighting over.
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Hollywood Reporter
...an acquired taste for sure, but the movie and its must-see performances are so far out there they virtually guarantee a certain cult cachet.
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Catfight | Release Details
Catfight is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.