Bronstein We spent so much time with Linda that she’s like a real person to us. Anything she does in the film, we can show up and defend. But if someone feels she’s unlikable, that’s great.

Bronstein We spent so much time with Linda that she’s like a real person to us. Anything she does in the film, we can show up and defend. But if someone feels she’s unlikable, ...

If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You, from writer-director Mary Bronstein, is full of holes.Before the opening credits even roll, a massive hole opens up in Linda’s (a better-than-ever Rose Byrne) home ...

Writer-director Mary Bronstein’s absorbing psychological drama "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," about a mother at her breaking point, is two hours of mounting anxiety and nervousness. For Rose ...

I n If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You, Rose Byrne’s face becomes the close-up canvas for a wildly unsettling comedy-drama.Written and directed by Mary Bronstein — her first feature in 17 years ...

Like Bronstein’s little-watched 2008 debut, “Yeast” (which paired the mumblecore multi-hyphenate with Greta Gerwig), her oppressive, zero-oxygen new film is shot mostly in close-up, holding ...

Bronstein employs surrealism along with slice-of-life immediacy, as well as includes a surprisingly quirky ensemble cast without ever letting the movie, unlike Linda herself, fall apart. Read more ...

Bronstein’s camera gazes at Linda (Byrne) as she speaks with a doctor about her young daughter’s (Delaney Quinn) severe, undefined medical issue, all as the girl begs her to not burst into tears.

Mary Bronstein's "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" is a nightmarish drama centered on a mother's internal turmoil — and it all started with the filmmaker's own experience of crisis with her daughter.

T he walls are closing in on Linda (Rose Byrne), a therapist having the worst week of her life, in Mary Bronstein's exhilarating anxiety attack of a feature, "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You."And the ...

Bronstein doesn’t let on right away the ironic detail that Linda is trained to give the kind of advice she requires — though it’s clear from her conversations with various medical ...