Two Films Featuring Strong Female Leads
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, these films bring substantial roles for women to the forefront, a rarity in modern cinema.
- "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: Julia Roberts and Rose Byrne shine in two new films.