If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

When the world’s falling apart around you, you fight — and sometimes, you even throw a kick or two. The dazzling and magnetic Rose Byrne (winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlinale) stars in a darkly funny, chaotic story about life that starts to feel like one never-ending escape room.

If you ever feel like the world’s got it in for you, you’re constantly behind, and everything’s just too much — remember: someone out there’s doing worse. Linda is hanging by a thread, torn between duty and burnout, between compulsive control and total chaos.

Her daughter needs round-the-clock care, her husband’s checked out, her job’s killing her — and the ceiling is literally caving in. Her therapist (Conan O’Brien) just rolls his eyes, while the system keeps throwing roadblocks in her way. The daily grind soon turns into an unhinged existential nightmare. No wonder that, if she could — and had a minute to spare — she’d probably want to kick the whole world in a fit of helpless rage.

Mary Bronstein’s second film — this time deeply personal and semi-autobiographical — mixes pitch-black humor with an intense, claustrophobic style. Tight close-ups and a suffocating atmosphere pull us straight into Linda’s collapsing reality. Think Uncut Gems (fittingly co-written by the director’s husband), a touch of Nightbitch, all wrapped in that raw American indie energy — featuring A$AP Rocky, A24 Studios, and Josh Safdie as producer. Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

A film that’s funny, gut-punching, and lingers long after the credits fade.