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‘If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You’ Review: Rose Byrne Gives Her Best Performance Yet in This Unbelievably Tense Tale of Motherhood | Sundance 2025

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The New York Times

‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Review: Maternal Duress

Rose Byrne is magnificent as an overwhelmed mother in this wrenching, spiky drama. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an ...
Us Weekly

What Is ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ About? Oscar-Nominated Movie’s Plot and Ending Explained

Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You offers a stressful, dramatic and emotional cinematic experience with a standout performance from Rose Byrne. Byrne is at her best in the drama, perfectly ...
Moviefone

Rose Byrne Is Titanic In Punishing ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’

‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ is not one of those movies that you can say you ‘enjoyed’ or that it ‘entertained’ you. Sort of a cross between the Safdie brothers, David Cronenberg, a bit of Jennifer ...
Variety

‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Review: Rose Byrne Is Brilliantly Unhinged in a Chaotic Maternal-Meltdown Drama

Writer-director Mary Bronstein sees something in Byrne the industry missed, casting the 'Damages' star as a woman overwhelmed by life in an alternately exhilarating and maddening Safdie-like indie. An ...
IndieWire

Rose Byrne and Mary Bronstein Break Down ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’: The Title, ‘Uncut Gems’ Comparisons, and the Film’s Own Many Breakdowns

"I have a theory that if something is for everybody, it's for nobody," Bronstein said of her hyper-specific portrait of a therapist and mother in freefall. Her star Byrne gives a colossal performance, ...
The New Yorker

The Virtuosic Maternal Freakout of “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”

“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” a nerve-shredding dark comedy from the director and screenwriter Mary Bronstein, is the latest and surely most exhaustive iteration of an idea that has gained increasing ...
Los Angeles Times

Rose Byrne summons a mighty motherly meltdown in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred From the moment it begins, Mary Bronstein’s “If ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Review: Rose Byrne Gives a Tour de Force Performance in Impressively Sustained but Taxing Motherhood Nightmare

Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald and A$AP Rocky also star in Mary Bronstein’s feverish dark comedy thriller about parenting in extremis and existential black ...
Mashable

'If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You' review: Rose Byrne stuns in nauseating thrill ride about motherhood

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Rose Byrne in "If I Had ...
IndieWire

Ivy Wolk’s Characters, Like in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,’ Are ‘Always in the Service of Pissing People Off’

"I typically play characters where the public response to them is like, 'This girl is so annoying, she needs to get shot in the head,'" the "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" star told IndieWire. ‘The ...