If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Linda is a therapist stretched to her limits while caring for her daughter, who requires a nightly PEG feeding. The stress of her daughter's illness bleeds into her professional life, and her personal boundaries begin to blur as crises pile up.

The bedroom ceiling collapses, flooding the apartment and turning their home into a disaster zone. Linda scrambles to protect her daughter and salvage what remains as water pours through the night.

With Charles away on a two-month trip, Linda and her daughter relocate to a shabby motel. The fragile family dynamic is tested further as they adjust to a cramped, unstable space.

Charles repeatedly calls to complain and criticize rather than offering genuine support. His lack of involvement leaves Linda to cope with the crisis on her own.

Linda seeks help from a colleague therapist for her personal problems, but he grows exasperated and ultimately declines to treat her after she crosses professional boundaries. The strain seeps into her work and personal choices.

In the motel, Linda meets Diana, a snarky clerk, and James, the motel superintendent who becomes both a comfort and a source of chaos. Their unlikely chemistry complicates Linda’s already fragile state.

James helps her score drugs online and offers emotional support to her daughter, blurring boundaries and signaling a risky coping mechanism. The relationship between Linda and James grows tangled amid the ongoing stress.

Caroline, a new mother in crisis, appears at Linda's home mid-session, then slaps Linda and runs away after Linda refuses to help. The encounter underscores Linda’s professional strain and the spillover of others' crises into her life.

Linda learns her daughter cannot achieve the necessary weight for PEG removal, prompting her to take the child home and prepare to remove the feeding tube. The boundary between care and risk becomes increasingly blurred.

Linda removes the PEG tube, then hallucinates the surgical hole closing. The act marks a turning point in her crisis and shows the fragility of her grip on reality.

Charles suddenly returns home and repairs the hole in the ceiling, restoring some sense of normalcy. Linda tries to hide that she left their child alone, but James tells Charles the truth.

James tells Charles the truth about Linda leaving their child alone. The revelation strains the already fragile family dynamics.

When Charles sees the removal of the feeding tube, Linda runs to the ocean and attempts to drown herself. The act is driven by despair and a sense of failure.

Linda wakes up to find her daughter looking at her, and her daughter says she will be better. The moment carries a fragile hope for recovery and change.

The film closes with a note of cautious hope as mother and daughter confront an uncertain future, suggesting that improvement may be possible despite the trauma. Their quiet resolve hints at renewed commitment to recovery and mutual support.