Two Films Featuring Strong Female Performances
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, playing flinty, difficult characters.
According to critic Sean Burns, these performances are a cause for celebration, given the scarcity of substantial roles for women in movies today.
- "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.
Julia Roberts and Rose Byrne deliver two of the more spectacular performances you’re going to see this year, playing flinty, difficult characters blessedly unconcerned with eliciting the audience’s sympathies.
Author's summary: Strong female performances in two new films.