Written, directed, and edited by Showing Up’s (2022) Kelly Reichardt, the film firmly plants itself in a quiet subversion of the heart-racing, action-packed sequences that permeate similar stories.

What differentiates If I Had Legs I’d Kick You from previous iterations is the clear revulsion towards the ultimate standard of womanhood that it crams down your throat at any given moment. There is no gentleness in Linda’s shattered existence.