Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- sardonic
- abrasive
- bleak
- dark comedy night
- independent film night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film smart, nasty, well-cast, and effective at pairing rapid narrative reversals with hard-hitting physical violence.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film treats Veronica and Ashley's resentment, social collapse, and repeated assaults with deliberately nasty comic framing.
Each woman experiences a coma followed by a radically altered life, shifting the balance of power between them.
Veronica's entitled domestic privilege and Ashley's rise as an artist are repeatedly contrasted with their later financial and social reversals.
Veronica and Ashley repeatedly seek one another out to settle a decades-old grudge even after comas and catastrophic losses.
Films like Catfight, and why
The War of the Roses
shares vicious dark comedy, stylized interpersonal violence, and corrosive social satire
Heathers
shares female-centered rivalry, abrasive humor, and escalating physical conflict
World's Greatest Dad
shares bleak absurdism, class resentment, and a caustic view of social relationships
The Kids Are All Right
shares queer relationship drama, misanthropic characters, and confrontational independent-comedy energy
Movie Details
- Director
- Onur Tukel
- Release Date
- 2017-03-03
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (211)
Cast
- Sandra Oh
- Anne Heche
- Alicia Silverstone
- Amy Hill
- Myra Lucretia Taylor
- Ariel Kavoussi
- Damian Young
- Stephen Gevedon
- Giullian Yao Gioiello
- Tituss Burgess
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Catfight about?
- Two embittered women repeatedly destroy each other’s lives in a savage, darkly comic cycle of class resentment and personal revenge.
- What is Catfight like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Catfight as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Catfight violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Catfight as brutal.
- What did critics think of Catfight?
- Critics broadly found the film smart, nasty, well-cast, and effective at pairing rapid narrative reversals with hard-hitting physical violence.
- Which films are like Catfight?
- Films with a similar feel include The War of the Roses, Heathers, World's Greatest Dad, and The Kids Are All Right.
- How long is Catfight?
- Catfight runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch Catfight?
- In United States, Catfight streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
