🎬 If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025): Cast, Plot, Trailer, Release Date & Streaming – A24’s Boldest, Strangest Drama Yet 🦵💥🌀

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025): A24’s Boldest Drama Yet – Starring Rose Byrne, Conan O'Brien & A$AP Rocky 🦵💥🌀

"Sometimes, the things we run from are the only things holding us up."

From the daring mind of writer-director Mary Bronstein, and backed by the powerhouse studio A24, comes If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, a sharp, darkly humorous, and achingly emotional drama about grief, mental health, motherhood, and finding purpose in chaos.

Premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and hitting theaters this October 10, 2025, the film features a wildly unique cast led by Rose Byrne, Conan O'Brien, Danielle Macdonald, and A$AP Rocky—yes, that A$AP Rocky. With surrealist storytelling, biting humor, and haunting performances, this is A24's most unclassifiable—and unforgettable—film of the year.

🌪️ Plot: A Mother, A Motel, and a Mental Spiral

Linda (Rose Byrne) is on the brink—of collapse, of discovery, of transformation. Her daughter is mysteriously ill. Her husband is missing. Her therapist has stopped listening. And her entire life has moved into a seedy roadside motel where everything, and everyone, seems off.

As Linda tries to care for her child and herself, she becomes entangled with other residents of the motel—a grief-stricken mother, a suspicious clerk, a cryptic superintendent—all while being gaslit by a therapist who may or may not be real.

"With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child’s illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist."

Part psychological drama, part absurdist mystery, part raw emotional excavation, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You is a cinematic fever dream. It asks: What happens when every structure in your life breaks down—and you’re the only one left to hold yourself up?

👥 Cast & Characters: A Daring Ensemble

🌸 Rose Byrne as Linda

A performance for the ages—fragile, fierce, funny, and unraveling all at once. Linda is both the eye of the storm and the storm itself.

🧠 Conan O’Brien as Linda’s Therapist

Dry, detached, and increasingly threatening, Conan’s role is nothing like you’ve seen before. He’s not here to help—he’s here to haunt.

👶 Danielle Macdonald as Caroline

A troubled mother who abandons her baby. Her story intertwines with Linda’s in ways that are both painful and poetic.

🎤 A$AP Rocky as James

The enigmatic motel superintendent. Quiet. Observant. Possibly dangerous. Possibly kind. Definitely magnetic.

🗣️ Christian Slater as The Voice of Linda’s Husband

Never seen but always heard—his voice lingers in Linda’s psyche like a broken promise.

🧾 Supporting Cast Includes:

• Delaney Quinn as Linda’s terminally ill daughter

• Daniel Zolghadri as Stephen

• Ivy Wolk, Josh Pais, Helen Hong, and Ella Beatty in layered, oddball motel roles

• Ronald Bronstein as Caroline’s husband

• Vanessa Redgrave and others as eerie side characters who drift in and out like ghosts

🎬 Behind the Madness: Bronstein & A24

Directed and written by Mary Bronstein, known for her experimental indie style, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You feels like a personal exorcism brought to screen. Produced by:

• Josh Safdie

• Ronald Bronstein

• Sara Murphy

• Ryan Zacarias

• And others with strong indie roots

🎥 Cinematography: Christopher Messina gives the film a bleak, beautiful edge

✂️ Editing: Lucian Johnston keeps the chaos controlled and the narrative tight

🎞️ Produced by: A24, Central Pictures, Fat City, and Bronxburgh

🧠 Themes & Tone: Raw, Unfiltered, Human

This film isn’t about answers—it’s about the questions we try to suppress.

• Mental health vs. emotional truth

• Motherhood under pressure

• The therapy-industrial complex

• Loneliness in shared spaces

• Reality’s slow deterioration in grief

Imagine a blend of I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Lady Bird, and The Babadook, but with a motel setting, a therapist who might be a dream, and a mother who might be losing her mind—or finding it.

"Linda, what if this isn't happening to you, but because of you?" – Therapist

📅 Release & Streaming Details

• 🗓️ In Theaters: October 10, 2025 (USA)

• 🌐 Streaming: No official date yet, but expect a digital release on A24’s partnered platforms—likely Max or Paramount+ post-theatrical run.

🎭 Final Word: A24’s Most Unapologetically Weird Triumph Yet

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is not your average indie drama. It’s a film about everything collapsing—and how sometimes, in the ashes, something resembling hope begins to crawl out.

Anchored by Rose Byrne’s career-defining performance, darkly funny writing, and stunning direction from Mary Bronstein, this is a film for anyone who’s ever felt like the world stopped making sense—and kept spinning anyway.

💥 Come for the title. Stay for the heartbreak, absurdity, and truth.