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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

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Release Date: 10 October 2025
Country: US
Genre: Drama
Production Companies: A24, Central Pictures, Fat City, Bronxburgh
Watched by: 729 of 990 644
Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes
IMDB Rating: 6.7 of 10 22 964

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Overview

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.

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Cast and Crew Q&A | TIFF 2025
This Performance Got Rose Byrne an Oscar Nomination
Bairum
03 Feb 12:24
The one who called this work a comedy, of course, is a great "well done." In particular, the representatives of the Golden Globes, who nominated Rose Byrne for best actress in the comedy category. Because I started watching it as a comedy. However, already at the moment when I saw the name of one of the Safdie brothers in the opening credits, a bell sounded alarmingly in my head. However, according to the logo of studio A24, intuition should also have suggested something. Even Mary Brons...

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Asyashik
Asyashik
PRO
16 Jan 2025, 13:42 #
Qtilla
Qtilla
18 Nov 2025, 23:16 #
The film can be described in two words: "aunt is ill." Well, bad and bad and like everything, the end of the movie
Hidji
Hidji
19 Nov 2025, 07:14 #
Where??? Where's the comedy? Maybe when a neighbor breaks his legs, or a patient throws a child, or when this hose pulls, as if it were five meters long... Pts. And the drama, yes, it doesn't matter. That's only when you're not much smaller than the heroine yourself..If you are a person, then watching such a movie is unlikely to be enjoyable. In short, Rose Byrne's acting is excellent, and it would be better not to watch the movie itself. A sense of the all-encompassing heaviness of being😅
bezdelneg
bezdelneg
24 Jan 20:22 #
@Hidji: It was funny with the hamster. Well, of course not, but he was obviously an evil bastard, and I don't feel sorry for him at all.
kingforthesirens
kingforthesirens
09 Feb 16:35 #
@Hidji: I'll give you a plus. The movie made me feel even worse.

Rose is great, as always, but life is bad enough without that. 😢
GreenHedgehog
GreenHedgehog
PRO
19 Nov 2025, 14:44 #
I wonder who directed the comedy genre for this film? And for which particular scene? Maybe I missed something? The movie is about a completely fucked up woman who is hanging on by a thread. And life throws up more and more problems for her. And even at the end, well, I wouldn't say it's a happy ending. It's something so strange and incomprehensible. In general, if you are in a bad mood, it is better not to watch this movie.
Tikhonov91
Tikhonov91
PRO
20 Nov 2025, 10:19 #
Even though I'm xs. if it's a black comedy, it's too weak and very specific in the other direction.
A24 is certainly strong in experimentation, but either this is again for a certain amateur, or something else..

The film was shot by a woman and again promotes women's themes and subtexts, the difficulties of motherhood and psychologically personal problems.

and from all these themes, thoughts of the heroine, dialogues, you yourself get some kind of psychological impact from everything that happens. there is a feeling of anxiety and anxiety and somehow really uneasy..

as an arthouse experiment, it's possible. but I wouldn't recommend it.
Rokka
Rokka
20 Nov 2025, 22:02 #
It was one of the most anticipated films of the year and fully met expectations. The benefit is by Rose Byrne, whom I adore, and who has missed something like this in her career.

The main victory of the film is that you really believe and feel the heroine's misfortunes and problems. In many similar films, they overdo it, but here everything, with the exception of arthouse moments, is quite mundane and, in my opinion, they managed to withstand the edge. But because of this, you're in suspense for almost the entire viewing, which, of course, not everyone will like.

The right movie for which it is simply impossible to find the right mood.
Khrustalev
Khrustalev
22 Nov 2025, 08:30 #
I love movies that lead to something, and then abruptly end with an open ending. It's so fresh, so smart.

I sincerely wish A24 bankruptcy and takeover by some mid-tier streaming service.
Sir_Eddie_Cook
Sir_Eddie_Cook
PRO
23 Nov 2025, 13:19 #
It's a good and sometimes very vital film. Rose Byrne is simply gorgeous.
MenthaMauve
MenthaMauve
PRO
24 Nov 2025, 17:24 #
In fact, there is not enough such cinema. Everyone is used to Beatrix Kido from "Kill Bill", to Lara Croft, and even to Carrie from "Sex and the City" (And she's absolutely Oh-SO-WONDERFUL, but she's too cool and unproblematic, almost fabulous, so they even talk about her after 25 years), but no one will talk with burning eyes about a woman who just copes with life as best she can, and she fucking does it, no matter who says what, doesn't get smart and doesn't dare spit from her bell tower.
evil_pentagram
evil_pentagram
07 Jan 14:16 #
I saw a comment on this film from the series on the Internet: "a typical woman's day in Russia." That's a real life. Rose Byrne is wonderful, the theme is necessary, but the ending, in my opinion, was screwed up. As if they just didn't know how to finish. Because of this, there was an impression of some kind of unfinished work, and instead of a strong drama, it turned out to be an unfinished house.
Nooooo99
Nooooo99
18 Jan 17:44 #
It's a very difficult film in terms of perception. There is no motherhood in all its forms, and besides, there is still a child with a diagnosis. In addition, gg has some kind of fucked-up going on all the time, the psychiatrist is indifferent, there are no friends, and even her husband devalues her contribution and problems, although he is away all the time and apparently helps only financially)) The final is open and it's not entirely clear what would be better there? It's kind of hopeless...
Kryuger
Kryuger
26 Jan 10:09 #
They show us the suffering of women from various problems, the suffering of blacks, the suffering of gays, and where are the films about the suffering of white straight men? but it's not fashionable anywhere. A fucked-up mom and an absent man will be filmed, and a fucked-up man and a fucked-up wife are Norma and Nina about filming. I'm sorry, but my French version is in trouble.
hellaback
hellaback
28 Jan 17:55 #
They call the father that his child is left alone, who knows where and who knows with whom.. Father's reaction: Who are you, what are you, I'm busy.. bring it yourself))

it's funny and tragicomic))) Are they joking? Who came up with this?
NyanQt3_14
NyanQt3_14
PRO
01 Feb 14:53 #
The film is heavy and based on Rose Brin. And she's great..
Bairum
Bairum
03 Feb 12:24 #
I'll get better.

The one who called this work a comedy, of course, is a great "well done." In particular, the representatives of the Golden Globes, who nominated Rose Byrne for best actress in the comedy category. Because I started watching it as a comedy. However, already at the moment when I saw the name of one of the Safdie brothers in the opening credits, a bell sounded alarmingly in my head. However, according to the logo of studio A24, intuition should also have suggested something. Even Mary Bronstein's film can hardly be called a "black" comedy. Even despite the presence of Conan O'Brien in one of the supporting roles. But I didn't bring up this conversation to say that "I would kick you if I could" is a bad movie. It's just that its positioning raises questions. Yes, while watching it, you occasionally get a grin or want to chuckle like "true story," but this is not a comedy. And it's not even a light melodrama.

Bronstein has released a very disturbing tape in the spirit of "Uncut Diamonds" or Safdie's "Good Time," but taking into account the fact that the focus here is not on the criminal element, but on an ordinary woman who is overwhelmed by many things at the same time, and she is trying unsuccessfully all the way to cope with problems and come to the realization that she not a bad mother, not a bad wife, not a bad specialist, and generally not a bad person, and that sometimes you need to be able to forgive yourself.

Everything was shot very well, I would even say "driving" (considering the genre, yes), albeit with some bias towards elitism and otherness - although, perhaps, in some places this is probably due to a meager budget. Sometimes the spirit of David Lynch slips through - the same hole that formed in the bedroom and symbolizes everything. Henry Townsend from the fourth Silent Hill would appreciate it. But nothing crazy. In general, the whole film is perceived as a feverish dream of a man who is on the verge, but whose body is desperately struggling.

I do not recommend it to people with increased anxiety. In the end, the pulse can accelerate to obscene numbers, and the pressure can break through the ceiling. Everyone else, especially people in a similar position, is fine. A great benefit for Rose Byrne - she has earned all her past and future awards (including the Oscars, I hope).

RATING: 4 holes in nowhere out of 5
marina_fey
marina_fey
05 Feb 17:17 #
I watched 1:18, and it was impossible to go any further. For an amateur)
goltzbmaria2
goltzbmaria2
11 Feb 11:23 #
It's a great and very intense movie. The actress played very well, the pace is slow, which I've been really enjoying in movies lately! I hope the actress wins the Oscar for best actress. The film turned out to be really good and vital. it leaves an unpleasant aftertaste, but you understand a lot)
realpluviophile
realpluviophile
PRO
13 Feb 21:08 #
The condition after the movie is something like this

Very good acting
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