Her husband Charlie (Christian Slater) is always away for work. Besides a caved in ceiling at home, she must also contend with a needy client (Danielle Macdonald); her own increasingly frustrated therapist (Conan O’Brien); and a concerned physician (Mary Bronstein), who insists that Linda make time to talk to her about the child’s mysterious ailment.

Byrne is raw, brittle and believably volatile, bringing such immediacy and nervous energy to every scene that we understand why Linda cannot think straight - and why the seemingly most simple tasks (like making an appointment with the doctor) are beyond her. This is a tour de force of matriarchal fury from Byrne, expertly guided by director Bronstein.