A Mouthful of Air

Name: A Mouthful of Air
Genre: Drama
Released: October 29, 2021
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Alysia Reiner, Amanda Seyfried, Amy Irving, Brittany Robertson, Darren Goldstein

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Stage 6 Films | Release Date: October 29, 2021 | R

Starring: Alysia Reiner, Amanda Seyfried, Amy Irving, Brittany Robertson, Darren Goldstein, Finn Wittrock, Jennifer Carpenter, Josh Hamilton, Michael Gaston, Paul Giamatti

Summary: Julie 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.

Director: Amy Koppelman

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 105 min

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Barry Hertz

Oct 27, 2021

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. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Nov 1, 2021

A Mouthful of Air makes it past those potential flaws on the strength of Seyfried’s performance. To look at her face—to watch as her delight in her son shifts almost imperceptibly into a private hell—is enough. Read full review

Karen Gordon

Oct 28, 2021

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. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Oct 27, 2021

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. Read full review

Screen Rant Mae Abdulbaki

Nov 4, 2021

Amanda Seyfried gives a nuanced performance, but A Mouthful of Air fails to go beyond the surface to engage with its themes in a meaningful way. Read full review

Kimber Myers

Oct 28, 2021

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. Read full review

The Playlist Brianna Zigler

Oct 29, 2021

A Mouthful of Air is a Lifetime Channel take on a delicate subject. Read full review

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Habibiehakim

Mar 23, 2022

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 realA 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.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Jan 18, 2022

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 realAmanda 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.… Expand

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