2025 · drama
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Directed by Mary Bronstein1h 53m2025
With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
Our read: If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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