The Loud Mouth: A masterclass in being the most annoying person in the room

Is this worth your time?

Honestly, it depends on how much patience you have for early slapstick. If you enjoy the manic, loud energy of The Three Stooges, you will probably find something to chuckle at here. If you prefer your comedy with a bit more subtext or subtlety, you are going to hate this guy with a passion.

The whole thing is basically a series of vignettes where our protagonist manages to offend absolutely everyone he crosses paths with. It is simple, it is loud, and it is aggressively one-note. But there is something weirdly hypnotic about watching someone be this consistently, spectacularly wrong in every social situation.

The joy of being a nuisance

Watching this reminded me a bit of the frantic energy in Toonerville Blues, though this is much more focused on the verbal diarrhea of the lead. He really just cannot help himself. He sees a person, he finds a flaw, and he broadcasts it at top volume. It is a bold strategy, I suppose.

The pacing is fast enough that you don't have much time to get annoyed before he moves on to ruin the next person's day. There is one scene at a park bench that felt like it went on about 30 seconds too long, where the silence between his insults started to feel genuinely awkward rather than funny. You can almost feel the movie trying to convince you that this guy is just a lovable oaf, but he’s really just a jerk. 😅

• The background extras in the street scenes have this oddly empty look, like they were told to walk and just forgot how to be human.
• The sound design is mostly just yelling. Lots and lots of yelling.
• I’m pretty sure I saw the same hat reappear on three different people in the background.

It is not trying to be a deep commentary on society. It’s just a guy being a loud mouth, getting punched, and moving on to the next disaster. It feels like a rough draft for every sitcom character who never learned when to stop talking. Sometimes you just need to watch a guy get what’s coming to him in black and white. It’s not profound. It’s just... loud.

If you have twenty minutes to kill and want to watch someone have the worst day imaginable, this will do the trick. Just don't expect to remember much about it by tomorrow morning.