Mouth to Mouth
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Actor: August Diehl, Beatrice Brown, Ellen Page, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Natasha WightmanDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); German (Original Language); Portuguese (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Strand Releasing
Movie Reviews of Mouth to Mouth
Movie Review: What a mess!
Summary: 3 Stars
This film from writer/director Alison Murray is a depressing and altogether predictable morality tale chronicling the attractions and dangers of cult communes for modern youth (together with a warning for parents against seeking to become too involved in the lives of teenage offspring!). Sadly, however, the film's treatment of an underlying serious topic is every bit as shallow as it is unpleasant. While this production contains some stunning cinematography in places, this is frequently undermined by an over reliance on post-production digital colour treatments that render the image harsh and grainy (I think they were aiming for 'stark and gritty') in a generally unreal and inconsistent manner. And although it does feature a few genuinely moving scenes, it also contains some that are just downright silly, with acting that is mostly wooden and unconvincing (Ellen Page providing a notable exception). Add to this to a screenplay that is quite frankly a mess and in serious need of good, hard editing, plus a storyline that seems to just have no idea what it wants to do with its life, and the result is a production that is about as much in need of rehabilitation as some of the characters it portrays.
There are times when the only redeeming feature of this film is its soundtrack which, ironically, often has more to say than the screenplay; it is largely this, plus Ellen Page's conviction, that made me stay with it to the end and which adds the third star to this review. I did get one laugh out of this film, though: the commune leader's tag line throughout is "Intellectual self-defense, without the bull----". Oh yeah, right!
This DVD edition contains almost nothing by way of bonus materials, just theatrical trailer, plus short (and pointless, uninformative) "Behind the Scenes" featurette. This strikes me as an opportunity lost, because if ever there was a film that cried out for some additional commentary from its creator, this must surely be it. Oh, well.
Summary of Mouth to Mouth
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