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"'Grief manifests itself in unexpected ways,' muses an extraordinarily understanding mortician in Patricia Rozema's Mouthpiece, as a grieving client climbs into a cedar casket. But the most unexpected way grief manifests itself in the film is that the bereaved heroine is played by two actresses, Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, who aren't entirely in sync about the best way forward. Based on Nostbakken and Sadava's stage play, this metaphysical two-hander about a young woman's struggle to write a eulogy for her mother roils in guilt, resentment, sadness, and thorny notions of feminine identity. The conceit isn't a natural for the screen, despite [Patricia] Rozema's attempts to give a strong visual dimension, but it's a thoughtful interrogation of modern womanhood, leavened by gallows humor."
-- Scott Tobias

Source:
Tobias, Scott. "A young woman's inner struggle to write a eulogy for her mother is rendered metaphysically in Patricia Rozema's stagy two-hander." Review of Mouthpiece. Variety, September 6, 2018.