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.”

Mary Bronstein's 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You' wowed the Sundance Film Festival with an all-time Rose Byrne performance.

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.

The Premieres section is often where ticket buyers look for star power at the Sundance Film Festival, and the section included world premieres of new projects starring Rose Byrne, Dev Patel, and Benedict Cumberbatch, of varying quality about people with varying insanity. Let’s just jump into it.

Rose Byrne is incredible in Mary Bornstein's 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You,' A24's anxiety-fueled thriller on a mother with no more f's to give

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.

Rose Byrne plays a mother in the midst of a breakdown in the experiential psychological thriller “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”Anticipation was high for the A24