Mary Bronstein Explains the Frenzied, Feverish Ending of If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

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Photo: Logan White/A24 Spoilers ahead for the plot and ending of If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. Mary Bronstein’s first movie, the acerbic 2008 comedy Yeast, co-starring Greta Gerwig, came and went with little fanfare. In her eyes, it was a wrong-time situation: No one was eager to engage with what she calls the film’s “aggression” or its objectionable characters. But 17 years later, moods have shifted. Bronstein’s second movie, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You , is being embraced for its aggression. “It’