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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90We Got This CoveredDavid JamesWe Got This CoveredDavid JamesHeche and Oh are both outright brilliant.
- 80The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe two leads are mesmerizing, hurling themselves into their physically demented roles with ferocious commitment.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyWhile 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.
- 70ScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneyScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneyPure and simple, Catfight is a total blast.
- 67The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakOh 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.
- 60The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThis odd, nasty yet rather funny little film tears apart ideas of sisterhood and female friendship and replaces them with burning hate and gratuitous violence.
- 60VarietyAndrew BarkerVarietyAndrew BarkerThat 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.
- 50Slant MagazineKeith WatsonSlant MagazineKeith WatsonOnur 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.