Spotlight MOVIES Rose Byrne plays a therapist on the edge in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Bruce R. Miller Lee Enterprises Dec 18, 2025 Dec 18, 2025 Updated Feb 11, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There are so many extreme closeups in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” Rose Byrne asked director Mary Bronstein if she really wanted to be that close.kAm“x 2D<65 @?6 E:>6 2?5 x ?6G6C 2D<65 282:?[” qJC?6 D2JD] “%92E H2D 96C G:D:@?] %92E H2D E96 =2?8F286 @7 E96 42>6C2] xE 364@>6D D@ 4=@D6[ :E’D ;FDE 2 DE:==?6DD C6BF:C65 :? D@>6 2DA64ED] p?5 2?J 24E@C H@CE9 E96:C D2=E 92D 2 8C62E A@H6C @7 5:D2DD@4:2E:@?[ D@ J@F 92G6 2 32=2?46 @7 E649?:42= 2H2C6?6DD 2?5 E@E2= DFDA6?D:@?]”k^Am Rose Byrne stars in 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You." A24 kAmx? E96 962CE3C62<:?8 5C2>2[ qJC?6 A=2JD 2 E96C2A:DE H9@ >FDE 562= H:E9 2 A65:2EC:4 7665:?8 5:D@C56C 27764E:?8 96C 52F89E6C] (9:=6 ECJ:?8 E@ 4@A6 H9:=6 96C 9FD32?5 :D 2H2J[ E96 46:=:?8 :? 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