What will surely go down as one the most stressful movies of the year is “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” which premiered Friday at the Sundance Film Festival.

Bronstein, a bit of a cult figure in the film world, made her directorial debut in 2008 at the SXSW festival with “Yeast,” which featured a pre-fame Greta Gerwig and was hailed by by New Yorker critic Richard Brody as a “mumblecore classic.”

"If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" premiered at Sundance 2025. The brutal film, starring Rose Byrne, features Conan O'Brien shifting into a dramatic role.

Contrary to its title, everyone in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You has their appendages. Rose Byrne’s protagonist, however, does have a wealth of problems and neuroses, and writer/director Mary Bronstein dives into her headspace with a full-bore intensity and immediacy that’s bracing at first,

Creator Mary Bronstein and star Rose Byrne stop by THR's studio in Park City to dish all about their film If 'I Had Legs I'd Kick You.' They break down the meaning behind the movie, the difficulties of motherhood and more.