: It stars Amanda Seyfried as Julie, Finn Wittrock as her husband Ethan, and Paul Giamatti as her psychiatrist.
: Reviewers at Time and Variety praised Seyfried's performance but noted the film's heavy, sometimes "PSA-like" tone regarding mental health awareness. Other Contexts The phrase "A Mouthful of Air" is also used in:
: The narrative opens shortly after Julie survives a suicide attempt, just before her son Teddy's first birthday.
: The film incorporates animated sequences and a "candy-colored" aesthetic to contrast Julie’s outward success with her internal despair.
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: Her battle intensifies when she becomes pregnant with her second child and must stop taking the antidepressant medication that helped her maintain a semblance of normalcy.