If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
2025
****
Director: Mary Bronstein
Cast: Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald, Christian Slater, A$AP Rocky, Ivy Wolk, Delaney Quinn, Daniel Zolghadri, Lark White, Manu Narayan, Josh Pais, Helen Hong
While her husband is largely absent, Linda is slowly buckling under a series of mounting crises: her professional responsibilities as a therapist, her relationship with her own therapist, her daughter's eating disorder, and an unexpected disaster at home that forces the family to relocate to a motel. Mary Bronstein's compelling second feature is a harrowing and darkly comic depiction of Linda's descent into anxiety and emotional exhaustion as she attempts to maintain control. Rose Byrne gives her career-best performance in the lead.
