SummaryJulie Davis writes bestselling children's books about unlocking your fears, but has yet to unlock her own. When her daughter is born, that trauma is brought to the fore, and with it, a crushing battle to survive.
Directed By:Amy Koppelman
Written By:Amy Koppelman
A Mouthful of Air
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Mixed or Average
52
User score
Generally Favorable
6.3
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
45% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
36% Mixed
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18% Negative
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2 Reviews
Oct 27, 2021
80
There is a delicate touch deployed here, and not only with Julie, but those surrounding her. Depression, Koppleman seems to be saying, is not a one-person battle. It can swallow everyone in a victim’s orbit.
Oct 28, 2021
67
It’s a beautiful-looking film. The characters treat each other with respect, and I’m sure that there are people out there who will appreciate that the movie, addresses a tough issue, without being too taxing or challenging. At the same time, the movie’s cautious approach short-changes the story and the issue.
Oct 27, 2021
67
Koppelman’s attempts to do too much are easy to forgive in a film that often seems to be doing so little. The same is true of the writer/director’s rookie clumsiness, which is offset not only by Amanda Seyfried’s expert performance in the lead role, but also — and even more importantly — by Koppelman’s own unwavering conviction about the limits of self-expression.
Oct 27, 2021
60
Though it’s not without cinematic touches and affecting, sometimes harrowing moments, and even with a convincingly fragile and unmoored Amanda Seyfried at its center, the drama is often hampered by an instructive sensibility that gives it the air of a feature-length PSA.
Oct 28, 2021
40
For a film so grounded in the real-life issue, the movie doesn’t work to make its characters feel human or its world feel real, blunting the emotional impact it could have had.
Oct 27, 2021
40
The wispy depression drama A Mouthful of Air floats more weighty ideas about mental illness and suicidal ideation than its episodic narrative can accommodate.
User score
Generally Favorable
56% Positive
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33% Mixed
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Mar 23, 2022
10
A Mouthful Of Air is one of those movie that you can't really find anything wrong with it except you are one of them, or in terms of a movie, the performance, the music, and all that stuff, i cannot speak for all the people because i'm not one of them, i never know what it feels like in real life because i don't have it and i hope i will never will be, and even as one of those person, i still can feel it, i was sad, i was emotional, and i feel bad, A Mouthful Of Air will surely hit some people that have the experience way hard than me, and it's a good example, to be more grateful and to think about it, because the case in here is really a truly deep and serious thing, Amanda Seyfried performance was just phenomenal, Finn Wittrock was great, and the rest of the cast including Amy Irving, A Mouthful Of Air was such a deep, sad but fact movie that i hope will turn out to be something motivational, a cure, and a realisation.
Jan 18, 2022
6
Amanda Seyfried does her job in this story about postpartum depression, but I couldn't help but feel a sort of disconnect between her character and everything around her. I wouldn't say it was a lack of realism, but let's just say it's only Seyfriend's character who seems to have a real focus and the rest fell by the wayside. Still, I thought it was competent enough.
Production Company:
- Maven Pictures
- Templeheart Films
- Studio Mao
- Farcaster Films
- Carte Blanche
- Trio Entertainment (II)
- Winsome Entertainment
Release Date:Oct 29, 2021
Duration:1 h 45 m
Rating:R
