‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Trailer: Rose Byrne Plays a Spiraling Mother in A24 Dramedy

A24 has released the trailer for its Sundance Film Festival darling “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.” The Rose Byrne-led dramedy from writer-director Mary Bronstein is set to hit theaters Oct. 10.

The film’s official logline reads, “With her life literally 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.”

Starring alongside Byrne are Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald, Delaney Quinn, Mary Bronstein, Christian Slater and A$AP Rocky.

In the trailer, we see a frantic Byrne arguing with her therapist, played by O’Brien. “I’m asking you what I’m supposed to do! Can you hear me?” Byrne screams. O’Brien responds in a patronizing tone, “I would like you to get a good night’s sleep.”

Variety film critic Peter Debruge praised “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” following its world premiere at Sundance. In his review, he described the film as “a virtuosic portrait of mental unraveling that uses every tool in the director’s arsenal to re-create an end-of-the-world feeling on the most intimate scale. Delivering a feverish, raw-nerve performance sure to go down as one of the year’s greats, Byrne has never had a role even remotely this intense to prepare us for the emotional acrobatics her writer-director has in store.”

After its Sundance run, the film went to the Berlin Film Festival, where Byrne won the Silver Bear for best lead performance.

Sara Murphy, Ryan Zacarias, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Eli Bush, Conor Hannon and Richie Doyle serve as producers. Executive producers include Byrne and Mary Bronstein.

Check out the trailer below.