A Mouthful of Air
Stage 6 Films | Release Date: October 29, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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5
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4
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzOct 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
70
TimeStephanie ZacharekNov 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
67
Original-CinKaren GordonOct 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
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichOct 27, 2021
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. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 3, 2021
It does a good enough job of giving us a helpless outsider-looking-in view of this foundering form of postpartum depression, making us sympathize if never quite helping us understand how this happened to Jules and what those who love her can do — beyond chemicals — to save her. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenOct 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
40
Screen RantMae AbdulbakiNov 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
40
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersOct 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
40
TheWrapSimon AbramsOct 27, 2021
The wispy depression drama A Mouthful of Air floats more weighty ideas about mental illness and suicidal ideation than its episodic narrative can accommodate. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanOct 28, 2021
Directed by Amy Koppelman and based on her novel of the same name, A Mouthful of Air aspires to show how depression can sully even the loveliest of scenes. The scenes the movie chooses, however, play like a parody of white privilege. Read full review
25
The PlaylistBrianna ZiglerOct 29, 2021
A Mouthful of Air is a Lifetime Channel take on a delicate subject. Read full review
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