Two Films Focus on Put-Together Women Falling Apart
Julia Roberts and Rose Byrne deliver spectacular performances in Luca Guadagnino's "After the Hunt" and Mary Bronstein's "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," according to critic Sean Burns.
These films offer substantial roles for women, a rarity in modern cinema, making them a cause for celebration. The two movies showcase the actresses playing "flinty, difficult characters" who are not concerned with audience sympathies.
- "After the Hunt" is an "entertainingly trashy, star-studded provocation"
- "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" is an "indie psychodrama" with "audacious laughs"
playing flinty, difficult characters blessedly unconcerned with eliciting the audience’s sympathies
Author's summary: Two films feature strong female performances.