If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Matt Roush says...

Described by the New York Times as “a howl of maternal desperation spiked with jagged humor,” director/writer Mary Bronstein’s harrowing account of an overwhelmed mother dealing with her child’s mysterious illness makes its streaming debut, featuring one of the year’s most acclaimed performances by Rose Byrne (Apple TV’s Platonic). Nominated for an Oscar and an Actor (SAG), she has already won numerous critics’ awards, a Golden Globe, the National Board of Review for Best Actress, and the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Conan O’Brien makes a rare dramatic appearance as her unusually hostile therapist. The movie makes its linear premiere on HBO Saturday at 8/7c.

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