If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Review | Flickreel

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is the panic-inducing depiction of motherhood that Nightbitch tried to be. Granted, there are no dogs here, although there is a hamster, not to mention a powerhouse performance from Rose Byrne. Byrne’s filmography is anything but thin in a career spanning film, television, comedy, and drama. She can pretty much do it all, yet Byrne has been somewhat underrated ever since her breakthrough work on Damages almost two decades ago. She just might kick that underappreciated status with a Best Actress Oscar nomination, if there’s any justice. Of course, there’s rarely justice for long-suffering mothers. Byrne plays Linda, a working mom who feels distant from her young daughter (Delaney Quinn). This is conveyed in more ways than one, as we never see the daughter’s face, excluding one moment. The daughter is a constant presence, whining to her mother in a high-pitched voice. From the opening shot, though, the camera is almost always fixated on Linda’s distressed face. Looking at the film’s IMDb, I’m only just now realizing that the daughter isn’t even given a name. That’s not the only mystery surrounding Linda’s daughter. She requires a feeding tube, although the precise nature of
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