Oscar nominee for Best Actress
Berlin Film Festival – Best Actress
Golden Globe – Best Actress
Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Florida, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Austin, Portland, Pittesburgh Film Critics – Best Actress
National Board of Review – Best Actress
Women Film Critics Circle – Best Movie About Women

“Motherhood becomes a psychological battleground in writer-director Mary Bronstein’s gripping second feature, which casts Rose Byrne as a working parent unable to slow her downward spiral.” – Tom Grierson, Screen International

“With her husband away and her daughter hooked up to a constantly beeping medical device, exasperated Linda (Rose Byrne) may be going out of her mind, but Bronstein puts us squarely inside it, as the walls close in, the ceiling collapses and the floor buckles beneath her.” – Peter Debruge, Variety.

“I thought a lot about Linda for a good week after seeing it. Byrne’s work as a struggling woman worn down and on the verge of being erased by the pressures engulfing her is that magnificent.” Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times.

“With barely any time offscreen, Byrne has the opportunity to flit between monstrous and tender, turning in what may very well be the year’s finest performance in its most singularly affecting film.” – Coleman Spilde, Salon

“Some might qualify If I Had Legs I’d Kick You as a comedy, albeit one brimming with barely contained rage, while others might describe as a horror movie. Either way, it’s the kind of film that makes you want to call your own mother and apologize.” – David Fear, Rolling Stone

“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” is a howl of maternal desperation spiked with jagged humor.” Critic’s Pick – Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times

“How DO you juggle it all? Mothers tend to get asked that question — often in a chipper tone, expecting a chipper response. Rarely do those asking stick around to hear that perhaps those juggling balls are hovering precariously, about to crash to the ground.” – Jocelyn Noveck, AP

“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You showcases the daily bullshit that mothers have to put up with from loved ones and strangers alike. Bronstein crafts a thriller of teeth-grinding magnificence centered on Byrne as the indefatigable figure at the center of this whirlwind of unsolicited advice.” – Stephen A. Russell, Time Out