"She's in practically every frame as Linda, a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown as she juggles, with increasing desperation and resentment, her responsibilities as a parent, a spouse, and a professional therapist. Her husband is constantly travelling for work, leaving Linda to deal with their young, never-named daughter, who suffers from a mysterious eating disorder that requires her to be attached to a feeding tube."
"As the demands from her family, her patients, and her daughter's doctors becomes more and more relentless, Linda seeks solace from her own therapist, played by Conan O'Brien in a convincingly restrained enough way to banish his caffeinated talk-show-host persona from your mind. Their sessions are gripping and, for Linda, infuriating: she just wants someone to tell her what to do, how to balance the endless, competing draws on her soul."
The film follows Linda, a therapist unraveling as she struggles to balance responsibilities to her family, patients, and career. Her husband travels frequently, leaving Linda to care for their young, unnamed daughter, who depends on a feeding tube because of a mysterious eating disorder. A busted pipe floods their apartment, forcing them into a seedy motel where Linda clashes with an acerbic desk clerk and forms a tentative friendship with her manager, played by A$AP Rocky. Linda seeks help from her own therapist, portrayed by Conan O'Brien, in intense sessions that emphasize her desperation and the film’s exploration of feminine frustration and burnout.
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