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Mouthpiece (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Mouthpiece' is a 2018 Canadian drama film directed by Patricia Rozema.[http://playbackonline.ca/2018/02/05/patricia-rozema-goes-back-to-producing-roots-with-mouthpiece/ "Patricia Rozema goes back to producing roots with Mouthpiece"]. 'Playback', February 5, 2018. Based on the theatrical play by Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava,[http://www.laweekly.com/arts/jodie-foster-liked-the-canadian-play-mouthpiece-so-much-she-brought-it-to-la-8313192 "Jodie Foster Liked This Canadian Play So Much She Brought It to L.A."]. 'LA Weekly', June 9, 2017. 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.
It premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-lady-gaga-julia-roberts-and-hugh-jackman-lead-tiffs-2018-lineup/ "Lady Gaga, Julia Roberts, and Hugh Jackman lead TIFFs 2018 lineup"]. 'The Globe and Mail', July 24, 2018.
Plot
A young writer, Cassandra, struggles to write a eulogy for her late mother, Elaine, who gave up her career to raise her children.
Cast
* Amy Nostbakken as Cassandra
* Norah Sadava as Cassandra
* Maev Beaty as Elaine
* Jess Salgueiro as Roxanne
* Jake Epstein as Danny
* Ari Cohen as Dad
* Bruce Hunter as Uncle Jake
* Sharon Lewis as Barbara
* Jennifer Podemski as Mrs. Cappo
* Ishan Dav as Ex-Boyfriend
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, and an average rating of . 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."
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." Scott Tobias of 'Variety' called it "a thoughtful interrogation of modern womanhood, leavened by gallows humor." 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."
In December 2018, the Toronto International Film Festival named the film to its annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/tiff-canadas-top-ten-2018/ "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year"]. 'Now', December 5, 2018.
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