...because the motivations in Mouth to Mouth are general, the cast has to provide the depth that the script lacks, but the film is not aided by the eye-rolling school of acting.

| May 12, 2020

Mouth to Mouth is, despite its rough edges, adventurous in spirit and concept, but eventually the film's narrative arc buckles under the weight of inevitability.

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 12, 2020

Writer-director Alison Murray picks at a hard, true hurt in this zombie melodrama of defloration, but nothing beyond that hurt really comes into focus.

| May 12, 2020

...this subversive little drama by Alison Murray turns the notion of adulthood on its head.

| May 12, 2020

Page is strong as sparky yet vulnerable Sherry, although the talents of the supporting cast are variable...

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 12, 2020

This is an interesting piece of work...a name to watch.

| May 12, 2020

Mouth To Mouth is a remarkably accomplished piece of work from first-time feature director Alison Murray. Meandering along, apparently aimless, it builds up a grip which just won't let go. Don't miss it.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 31, 2020

Mouth To Mouth is brazenly original, and a dead-on portrait of a young woman looking for an alternative.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 31, 2020

A gritty, original, and visceral film about a cult's romantic hold on a vulnerable girl...

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 10, 2007

The film's subject matter is far from enjoyable, and, in the absence of anything fresh in its perspective, it's hard to imagine who would want to endure it.

Full Review | Jun 4, 2006

Murray becomes less and less sure of where things are heading or what it is she is trying to get at, such that the last few reels feel perfunctory and unengaged.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 2, 2006

Murray, making her feature debut as a writer and director, left home when she was 15, and her firsthand experience with hard truths gives the movie a raw authority.

Full Review | Jun 2, 2006

Suffers from disjointed storytelling and myriad other problems, including a bizarre reliance on modern dance sequences to interrupt the action.

Full Review | Jun 2, 2006

Despite its contemporary stylistic flourishes (including several disparate dance sequences choreographed by director Alison Murray, previously a music video helmer), Mouth to Mouth is pretty ordinary.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 2, 2006

Though Mouth to Mouth is a grim movie, it's far from a hopeless one.

Full Review | Jun 1, 2006

For all the flaws, its grit and honesty have genuine strength.

| Original Score: B- | May 27, 2006

Alison Murray's chaotic, semiautobiographical account of a teenage girl's misadventures in a traveling cult, occupies its own stylistic niche: the movie as acid flashback.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 27, 2006

so threadbare in offering character motivations and background that it hobbles the performances

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 20, 2006

A clear-eyed look at the pleasures and price of abandoning conventional mores for experimental lifestyles.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 19, 2006

Like the homeless kids at its center, Alison Murray's feature debut is passionate, angry and suffering from a serious lack of discipline.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 19, 2006