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MYSTERIOUS: Mary bronstein - What They Never Told You

And the least likable character is … how Oscar season became dominated by difficult people

From Marty Supreme to One Battle After Another, this awards run has been populated by a harder-to-love group of spiky characters

The Guardian - US

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: Rose Byrne is raw, magnetic and unfiltered as a woman in crisis

Director Mary Bronstein’s discomfiting new film, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, is a compelling watch. Centred by a career-defining performance from Rose Byrne that has gained her an Oscar nomination, the film is a dark treatise on motherhood, swirling in blame, shame and an increasing sense of dread.

The Conversation

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is a warts-and-all portrait of a psychotherapist struggling with an ailing daughter

Rose Byrne won a Golden Globe and is nominated for an Oscar for her performance in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. It’s a film about frayed mother Linda (Byrne) coping with her daughter’s strange, unspecified feeding disorder.

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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You review – Rose Byrne is tremendous as therapist in meltdown in pitch-black horror-comedy

Byrne delivers a barnstorming performance as a shrink – counselled by an impatient Conan O’Brien – being pushed to the edge by stress of parenting

The Guardian - UK

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You review – Rose Byrne more than deserves her Oscar nod for this maternal endurance test

4/5 Writer-director Mary Bronstein pushes her camera further and further onto Byrne’s face until it practically feels like we’re sitting in her eyeballs

The Independent UK

Rose Byrne: I’ve given up trying to figure out what will resonate

Rose Byrne doesn't worry about how her films will perform at the box office.

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The mother of all meltdowns: Rose Byrne on playing a parent cracking up in her taboo-busting new film

What if loving your child is destroying you and all you want to do is escape? That’s the nightmare the Oscar-nominated Byrne faces in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. The star and its director reveal why backers were scared

The Guardian - UK

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Ryan Coogler, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rose Byrne, Diane Warren react to Oscar nominations

Director Ryan Coogler spoke about writing “Sinners,” nominated for a record 16 nominations, for his late uncle

The Independent UK

Quick Facts on Rose Byrne: Family Life, Husband Bobby Cannavale, Comedy Roles, and the Film That Won Her First Golden Globe

Byrne's win came over Emma Stone, Cynthia Erivo, Amanda Seyfried, Kate Hudson, and Chase Infiniti.

International Business Times UK

Doomed lovers, high heels and The Odyssey: films to get excited about in 2026

Margot Robbie busts her corset in Wuthering Heights, the Devil Wears Prada sequel goes fashionably to war, and Christopher Nolan brings us a Greek epic. Plus much more in our pick of the best films coming to UK cinemas this year

The Guardian - UK

Don’t Sleep on These Films *Not* Directed by Men in 2025

Let's take a look back at the films woman and nonbinary directors released in 2025, from Academy Award winners to debut filmmakers.

The Mary Sue

6 Really Out-There Movies And TV Shows I Watched In 2025, And You Should Too

These are weird, but they're also fantastic.

Cinemablend

I Watched 166 New Releases In 2025, And These Are My 15 Favorite Movies

2025 was a terrific year for dark stories.

Cinemablend

Motherhood Is Filled With Agony. So Are the Best Films of the Year

Filmmakers on the simmering maternal trauma that dominates this year's awards frontrunners.

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The Independent UK

The best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers

The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies

Cinemablend

What’s The Deal With Those Creepy Creaking Noises In If I Had Legs I’d Kick You? The Director Told Us Why She Added Them

I cringe just thinking about these noises.

Cinemablend

Conan O'Brien Has A Serious Role In If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. Here's Why He Should Do More Dramatic Work

Give this man more roles in small, dramatic films!

The Mary Sue

‘If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You’ review: A bone-chilling exploration of a woman’s desperation

The A24 movie is a must-see!

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Inverse

Behind The Surprisingly Dark Origin Of 2025's Most Harrowing Psychological Thriller

One very bad day for director Mary Bronstein provided the inspiration for 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You,' the tense new psychological thriller from A24.

The Independent UK

‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ explores a mother’s existential crisis

Mary Bronstein has returned to filmmaking with “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” a film exploring a mother’s existential crisis

Inverse

The Most Surreal Psychological Thriller Of The Year Won’t Let You Look Away

Rose Byrne gives an all-time great performance as a woman on the edge of a breakdown in 'If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.'

Cinemablend

How Conan O’Brien Surprised If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’s Director On Set: ‘One Of The Greatest Pleasures Of Making The Film’

This is a different kind of role for the veteran comedian.

WhatToWatch

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: release date, trailer, cast, plot and everything we know about the Rose Byrne movie

One of the buzzier movies at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, here’s what you need to know about If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.

The Independent UK

At Sundance, the hottest ticket in town was a Rose Byrne and Conan O’Brien psychological thriller

Rose Byrne plays a mother in the midst of a breakdown in the experiential psychological thriller “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”

The Guardian - US

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You review – Rose Byrne is a knockout in anxious dark comedy

The often under-utilised actor gives a monumental performance as a mother on the edge in an exhausting spiral of a movie

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