How have i got to February with this being my first advanced preview of the year. Okay yes i could have done another one but it clashed with something else i was doing & i have done 2 out of 3 secret cinemas so far so its not to bad. But tonight i complete the best actress category for 2026 with If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You.

Screen 4 was 2/3 full. With all awards season films & with advanced previews its always a right mix of aged. One guy did have his pop corn sat in my chair when i got there.

Trailers, the secret agent (yey) Hamlet (im upset my cinema arent showing this im going to have to go else where) Arco & wuthering heights.

& then the film started… now i like weird films but this… it was a bit too weird…

Im going to shock you all here… Roses’ performance is better than Jessies, if i had a ballot paper for the oscars in a few weeks time i would be ticking her name (FYI i know she didnt win now but still). It was the only glue this film had her being unhinged. She deserved all the love for this film & she was a triumph. She is the reason you should see this film.

Now i like weird films that make you think & things are not what they seem but this, it was a bit to weird even for me. Certain peoples behaviour, certain twists in the film. It was all just a little bit to much for me at times.

I had guess the voice over the phone who was meant to be her husband, but part of the room hadnt & there were a couple of gasps when it was revealed towards the end of act 3. I didnt actually think we would see who it was i thought wed never see the face, but then with what went down after that it made sense. But i didnt realise who the neighbour at the hotel was until the credits rolled.

Now Conan being her therapist was just a little bit to weird & if im honest it pissed me off a little. I mean im glad therapists seek therapy but whenever he turned up i was reminded i was watching a movie again & i didnt really want that. Also ive seen americans say that this was the funniest part of the film him being in it, yet none of the jokes landed for me (bit like the oscars… ops did i say that out loud {please academy hire me }).

I get some of the metaphors some were very good, some were weird & some was just a bit to out there & didnt sit with the rest of them.

Did her & her die? Im still not sure, im going yes, but still it felt odd to do that moment twice in a film. I get she needed peace but still, it was a bit much. Or was it all just in her imagination & that the waves made her wake up to the real world as thats the only time we see someones face.

I did feel sorry for that kid though, bless her. Crazy life for a child to be put through.

I laughed hard at the whole hamster bit, fate had its hand in it. I mean its not nice what happened to it, but it proved multiple points for both stressed parenting & life over all. It all got a bit surreal.

The doctor & that parental group at the hospital were all a little bit weird. I felt like i should have been laughing at one point but the awkwardness of it all made me stop. It felt like it needed to make her look bad but i dont think the character was over reacting at all.

There were a lot of people in this film who pissed me off for all sorts of reasons who needed a slap or a shake it got on my nerves & some of them needed to be reminded the world isnt all about them & to just accept stuff, but i dont think any character in the film had the strength to do that at all.

I told you listening to peoples dreams was important didnt i?

Im glad ive seen this film, but if it wasnt for Rose being sublime i wouldnt recommend this. IT just felt like it wanted to tell us so much but then frustrated you with its weirdness.