
The Guardian
The film needed less sensitive good taste and more explicit storytelling passion.
Full reviewAcademy 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.
The film needed less sensitive good taste and more explicit storytelling passion.
Full reviewThe 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.
Full reviewThe film is too haunted by helplessness to risk feeling didactic, but this is unambiguously a message movie...
Full reviewA Mouthful of Air is missing the specificity that could help its depiction feel authentic.
Full reviewPreferring to imply rather than show or tell, the film is too affected to tug at the heartstrings...
Full reviewIt’s Seyfried who carries the picture with her performance of a woman on the edge.
Full reviewA Mouthful of Air is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Neon and Neon Rentals.
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