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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Drama · 2025

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.

Movie details

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

“Everything is under control.”

2025 Drama 1h 53m

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

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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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Mary Bronstein

Written by

Mary Bronstein

Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne

Linda

Conan O'Brien

Conan O'Brien

Therapist

A$AP Rocky

A$AP Rocky

James

Danielle Macdonald

Danielle Macdonald

Caroline

Delaney Quinn

Delaney Quinn

Child

Mary Bronstein

Mary Bronstein

Dr. Spring

Ivy Wolk

Ivy Wolk

Diana

Court is in session

Put If I Had Legs I'd Kick You on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.