First impressions of If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Rose Byrne lives up to the demands of her most intense role in Mary Bronstein’s exasperating, exhausting anxiety attack of a movie.
A new psychological thriller sub-genre seems to be emerging: Therapists who need therapists!
As one who has been, and continues to be, blessed by the care of good therapists, and who recommends them to everyone whether or not they perceive any challenges or distress, I want to be careful that I don't give any impression that I'm not taking therapy seriously when I express my frustrations with Mary Bronstein’s new film, one that focuses on a therapist and her therapist. I'm sure there are some terrible therapists out there, but I haven’t found them yet. And most people I know who are in therapy will tell you that it’s proven quite helpful — even essential. Ideally, therapy helps us grow and improve from where we are now, even if things seem to be fine. We all have work to do. We all have weaknesses that we can turn into strengths. And, naturally, I think it's a good idea for a therapist, whose job it is to sit with one person in crisis after another, to have a good therapist of their own — probably one who has more experience than they do.
Having said all of that, I now turn to my first impressions of If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. The movie throws us right into the stress and chaos of a woman named Linda (played by the magnificent Rose Byrne), who is all of the following people at the same time —