Catfight is a 2016 American black comedy film directed and written by Onur Tukel and starring Sandra Oh, Anne Heche, Alicia Silverstone, Amy Hill, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Ariel Kavoussi, Craig Bierko, Tituss Burgess, and Dylan Baker.
Veronica, an alcoholic, treated with disdain by her husband Stanley, mocks her son Kip’s drawing talent.
Both women watch news reports on tension between the United States and the Middle East.
She learns that her husband shot himself, her son died fighting the war in the Middle East, and all of her money was spent to pay for her treatment.
Two years later, Ashley awakens and discovers that she lost her baby during the coma, Lisa has left her, and she is broke after her paintings were sold to pay her hospital bills.
The United States has won the war on terror, and her dark art style has lost all popularity.
Sally, Ashley’s assistant meanwhile, has become famous and rich as her comics about happy blue bunnies are popular.
Ashley finds a bus ticket to Pennsylvania, realizing it belongs to Veronica, who has been caring for her Aunt Charlie.
The website's critical consensus reads, "Smart, suitably nasty, and well-cast, Catfight lands narrative punches just as fast and hard-hitting as the physical violence doled out onscreen.
"[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score 66 out of 100 based 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".