“If I Had Legs I'd Kick You” (2025) Breakdown: Conception, Trope, Theme, Reception

Описание: “If I Had Legs I'd Kick You” (2025)

[Info]
Director: Mary Bronstein
Writer: Mary Bronstein
Cast: Rose Byrne, Delaney Quinn, Mary Bronstein
Running Time: 1h 58m
Rate: R

[Plot]
This is a story about holding everything together when your whole world feels like it’s falling apart. Linda, a therapist and mother, tries to navigate the daily storm of life in Montauk—with a daughter battling a mysterious illness, an emotionally and physically distant husband, and a home literally crumbling around her. When their apartment ceiling collapses, Linda is forced to move into a shabby motel with her daughter. As the repairs drag on and her husband remains absent, Linda attempts to juggle her own work, clients in crisis, and mounting pressure from all sides.
Every day is a balancing act as Linda strives to care for her daughter, whose illness isolates them further, and to maintain any sense of normalcy amid a cascade of challenges. She finds unlikely support and complexity in the people around her: a motel superintendent with a calm presence and a therapist who feels more adversarial than helpful. Through small moments of escape and connection, Linda’s journey is marked by quiet resilience and relentless survival instincts, painting a vivid picture of a woman refusing to be broken despite everything crashing in.

[Watch]
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00:00 intro
00:58 A Mother’s Orbit Through Chaos
02:07 Motherhood in the Trenches
05:11 Rewarded for Honesty