Mouthpiece is a 2018 Canadian drama film directed by Patricia Rozema.[2] Based on the theatrical play by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava,[3] the film centres on Cassandra, a woman who is making the arrangements for her mother's funeral. Cassandra is played by both Nostbakken and Sadava, as a dramatization of her inner conflict.[2]
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Directed by | Patricia Rozema |
Written by | Patricia Rozema Amy Nostbakken Norah Sadava |
Produced by | Christina Piovesan Jennifer Shin |
Starring | Amy Nostbakken Norah Sadava |
Cinematography | Catherine Lutes |
Edited by | Lara Johnston |
Music by | Amy Nostbakken |
Production company | First Generation Films |
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Running time | 91 minutes[1] |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
It premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]
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A young writer, Cassandra, struggles to write a eulogy for her late mother, Elaine, who gave up her career to raise her children.
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 32 reviews, and an average rating of 7.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Mouthpiece interrogates gender norms with wit and ingenuity, portraying its main character's inner conflict through a pair of separate performances."[6]
Glenn Sumi of Now gave the film a 4/5 rating, writing, "[Patricia] Rozema's version of Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava's award-winning stage play does more than just open the work up; it fills in key bits of information, shows us Cassandra out and about in Toronto and gives everything an affecting emotional resonance."[7] Scott Tobias of Variety called it "a thoughtful interrogation of modern womanhood, leavened by gallows humor."[8] Pamela Hutchinson of Sight & Sound wrote: "While the script's cleverness and wordplay betray its stage origins, it's bracingly sharp, and explicitly a feminist text."[9]
In December 2018, the Toronto International Film Festival named the film to its annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[10]
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