Leah Fay's choreography and the haunting, humming music composed by Nostbakken carry the film along to its surreal and poignant resolution.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 2, 2021

Mouthpiece captures the difficulties women face, the roles and expectations that pull them in different directions, and the psychological toll it takes.

| Mar 23, 2021

An original approach to a familiar story, with two brilliantly complimentary performances that add up to one great piece of character work.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 15, 2021

I wonder if the dual performance might have had a more forceful impact in the stage incarnation; nevertheless, the film is undeniably potent in its account of the shattering force of grief.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 14, 2021

The internal monologue that modern women have with ourselves gets externalized in this audacious and absolutely brilliant dramedy. Poignant, vulnerable, and almost shocking, in the best possible way.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 12, 2021

Mouthpiece feels unique in its lead performances and how the story is ultimately told, making it a worthwhile though slightly flawed exercise in adaptation.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 11, 2021

The story occasionally verges on self-indulgent (or rather, selves-indulgent), but it is playful and ingenious.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2021

It's a personal film that embraces all aspects of its humanity, from vulnerability and strength and everything in between.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 31, 2021

I can't believe more people aren't talking about Mouthpiece, one of the best, most creative films that I've seen in years.

| Sep 30, 2020

The best movie of the year, Mouthpiece, is Canadian, set in Toronto, and written and directed by women and about women... The dual performance...allows them to represent two sides of a complex woman who is constantly in conflict with herself.

| Sep 20, 2019

...the picture benefits substantially from Nostbakken and Sadava's impressively strong work...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 30, 2019

Mouthpiece's milieu is grief, but its unique execution makes it sing.

| Jun 11, 2019

There's no denying the bracing, honest nature of "Mouthpiece," a truly revolutionary piece of filmmaking.

| Jun 10, 2019

Mouthpiece is a risk that pays huge dividends as it fully realizes one woman's interior life and struggles

| Jun 10, 2019

Mouthpiece is not an easy watch, especially for those still emotionally bruised by recent loss, but this emotional examination of women moving through society is cathartic and moving.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 7, 2019

Mouthpiece is an absorbing, complex and vibrant portrait of the female mind that refuses to be placed into any one box.

| Original Score: A | Jun 7, 2019

A haunting, self-reflective dream that looks at the pressures and expectations women place on themselves and particularly on each other.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 6, 2019

While the transition from stage to screen isn't seamless... all of the emotional power and thoughtful provocation remains importantly intact.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Jun 5, 2019

An Imaginative, Deeply-Felt Examination of Grief

| Jun 2, 2019

Mouthpiece certainly has something to say about what feminism represents today andwhat it means to be a woman.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 31, 2019