Immediate reactions following the Sundance premiere of If I Had Legs I’d Kick You praised Rose Byrne’s performance as “powerful” and “monumental,” the sort of things that undoubtedly nudge at a successful Oscar campaign in the making. I’m not saying Byrne isn’t great in this movie—she certainly is, especially in moments of comedic discombobulation—but her performance is designed to easily impress through intensity. Byrne plays Linda, a flustered alcoholic mother with a husband who’s never there and a young daughter who’s sick and requires a feeding tube. Linda has stumbled through her life with a sense of self-doubt and is this close to just giving up. Despite this meaty character, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is a movie that feels written and engineered to deliver moments and clips ra

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