The Guardian
The film needed less sensitive good taste and more explicit storytelling passion.
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A Mouthful of Air
Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!) leads this motherhood tale as a children's book author who's just become a new mum. However, when post-partum depression emerges, it brings certain fears and trauma to the forefront. Co-stars Emmy nominee Finn Wittrock (American Crime Story), Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter), Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland) and the great Paul Giamatti.
2021Rating: M104 minsUSA
Drama
A Mouthful of Air | Reviews
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The New York Times
The movie’s portrait of depression often feels as facile as its opening image: Julie’s wide blue eyes with a single tear trailing down her cheek.
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IndieWire
The film is too haunted by helplessness to risk feeling didactic, but this is unambiguously a message movie...
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Los Angeles Times
A Mouthful of Air is missing the specificity that could help its depiction feel authentic.
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Variety
Preferring to imply rather than show or tell, the film is too affected to tug at the heartstrings...
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National Post
It’s Seyfried who carries the picture with her performance of a woman on the edge.
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A Mouthful of Air | Release Details
A Mouthful of Air is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Neon and Neon Rentals.