By skyforbes 
Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You arrives with a title that’s equal parts combative, darkly funny, and painfully honest. It perfectly captures the film’s central emotional conflict — the rage, impotence, and exhaustion of a woman who’s run out of ways to express how overwhelmed she truly is. You might assume the title refers to a literal lack of legs; it doesn’t. The legs and the kicking are metaphorical, a punchline shaped like a cry for help.
A Mother, a Therapist, and a Woman at Her Breaking Point
Rose Byrne stars as Linda, a therapist whose mental health is in just as fragile a state as any of her patients. At home, she’s caring for a sick child who refuses to eat and remains dependent on a feeding tube. We’re not told the exact nature of the child’s condition — only that the tube can be removed once she gains weight on her own. This uncertainty hangs over every scene like a storm cloud.
As if that isn’t enough, the roof of Linda’s apartment has collapsed. She and her daughter are now in a dingy motel where the staff treats her with suspicion…