Two Films Focus on Complex Women
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," respectively.
According to critic Sean Burns, they play "flinty, difficult characters blessedly unconcerned with eliciting the audience’s sympathies."
- "After the Hunt" is an "entertainingly trashy, star-studded provocation"
- "If I Had Legs I’d Kick You" is an "indie psychodrama boasting some of the most audacious laughs in recent memory"
There are so few substantial roles for women at the movies these days, getting a couple of barn-burners in the same week is a cause for celebration.
Author's summary: Spectacular performances by Julia Roberts and Rose Byrne.