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- 2017
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2017
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary The animated comedy from Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg is about teenagers and their experiences with the changes puberty brings.
Created By: Jennifer Flackett, Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin
- 2017
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2017
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Big Mouth
8 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 29, 2017
6.7
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Summary The animated comedy from Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg is about teenagers and their experiences with the changes puberty brings.
Created By: Jennifer Flackett, Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
83
94% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
83
94% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Nearly all of Big Mouth’s main characters are multi-dimensional in all ways except their animation, but season 2 reveals Jessi to be possibly the most substantive.
“Big Mouth” continues to deliver a unique blend of high-minded lessons and low-brow humor with each passing entry. Even when it’s talking about some bad old movie you’ve never heard of or barely remember, “Big Mouth” is universal.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 602 User Ratings
6.7
69% Positive
413 Ratings
413 Ratings
7% Mixed
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
24% Negative
147 Ratings
147 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 602 User Ratings
6.7
69% Positive
413 Ratings
413 Ratings
7% Mixed
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
24% Negative
147 Ratings
147 Ratings
I absolutely am in love with this show. I've seen it in its entirety multiple times. I love how edgy/dark it is! I'm just incredibly bummed that it's ending after the 8th season. But I'd highly recommend this show to anyone looking for an edgy adult animation series
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With bombastic musical numbers, bizarre animation, and rich plots about mental health, the series is as strong as ever and very clearly has some big things in mind for the end of its long run.
There are gaps this time around, though. Maya Rudolph’s Connie isn’t as present (although Rudolph gets to flex her muscles as Diane, Nick’s loving mom who is at the end of her rope). Supporting characters like Jordan Peele’s Duke Ellington, David Thewlis’ Shame Monster, and Ali Wong’s Ali don’t get sufficient screen time. ... Despite these minor flaws, Big Mouth remains one of Netflix’s superior creative comedies.
At its best and its worst, Big Mouth is a vivid, excruciating voyage back to a time in life that so many of us would love to completely forget, but laced with enough humor and good-hearted horniness (for those of all genders and sexual persuasions) to remind us why getting to the other side of puberty is worth it after all. ... Season two has made a case that Big Mouth should run for as long as it can keep telling painfully funny stories about horribly painful moments of life.
Sweet, progressive and breathtakingly filthy, the latest collaboration between comedians Nick Kroll and John Mulaney recalls the emotionally grounded squirminess of the boys of Freaks and Geeks and the sex-positive yet debasement-obsessed endocrinological chaos of, well, nothing I've ever seen.
Big Mouth Season 7 is still treading the same worn-out waters as it has across the rest of its runtime, and the only positive thing that can really be said here is that next season is its final set of episodes.
Tough to review. On one hand, the early seasons aren't good. The VA is very lazy. And it's basically animated child porn at times.
On the other hand, it's become much more funny and clever over time. Kind of a shame it's ending now just when it was getting good. TL;DR: skip the first 1-5 seasons.
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I loved the first three seasons -- they get a 9 for great jokes (some so quick you'll miss them if you're laughing at the previous joke) and fearlessly addressing the awkward and taboo changes that come with puberty. Season 4 introduced a trans character, and this marked the beginning of a noticeable change in BM's storytelling style: it started becoming preachy. I think the introduction of a trans character was good, but the writers chose to use the character's change (boy transitioned to girl/woman) as a device to preach to the audience about how to interact with and speak to trans people. It **** the air out of the rest of the characters.
And this approach continued in seasons 5 and 6. Rather than letting the story unfold in an organic way, they chose to give some characters heavy-handed dialogue clearly intended to tell the audience what the writers believe is right and wrong about how you should deal with LGBTQ+ issues/people. What really knocked the show down a peg for me was episode 8 of season 6 where Jessi tells her dad and dad's pregnant girlfriend that they should raise the baby gender neutral and call the baby "they".
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Gender neutrality in and of itself is perfectly fine, IMO, but I don't need a cartoon to beat me over the head with a hammer labeled "GENDER ****!" There is no inherent problem with gender and pronouns; the problem is with people insisting that biological males *behave* a certain way and biological females *behave* a certain other way. People who believe in those stereotypes will continue believing regardless of what pronouns you insist they use. I really don't need a raunchy comedy about sex to try to convince me to refer to babies as "they". Just create engaging characters (which the show has done) and let their stories -- and *dialogue* -- unfold in a natural way.
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The show still makes me laugh which is why I still watch, but if the show keeps amping up its preachiness, I don't know how much longer I'll stay for the ride. Preaching just isn't funny.
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3 points for season 1 before it goes into cringe inducing spiral of wokeness for no real reason. The vomit inducing cringe fest is so over-done and forced it just ruins entire story and characters. By season 5 it is half the main cast, because that makes sense (4% vs 50%).
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After the first season, the "left" $hit started to happen. Let me explain... The 1st season had minorities who fit into the story and were interesting as characters. But it got to the point where in season 4 the main antagonists are white males. 3 "stars" for the first season. -7 points for 2+ seasons.
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Production Company:
- Danger Goldberg Productions
- Fathouse Industries
- Titmouse
- Good At Business
- Brutus Pink
- Netflix
- Silvergate Media
- Social Life
- Studio MDHR
Initial Release Date: Sep 29, 2017
Number of seasons: 8 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 9 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 3 Wins & 8 Nominations
Gold Derby Awards
• 7 Nominations
