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It’s a powerful, well-assembled watch, but curious viewers may feel prompted to seek out more details than this film is willing to offer.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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The New York Times by Lisa Kennedy
As straightforward as it appears, Loudmouth also invites an engaged but necessarily judicious scrutiny.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Lovia Gyarkye
A sense of admiration and responsibility courses through the doc, an orientation that eventually curdles the narrative.
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Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
There is little in the film that offers insight into what makes him tick as a person.
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This is a movie that observes Sharpton; it does not try to explain him or measure his impact. Those who are not already aware of his history may find it superficial or confusing.
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The film, at two hours, still feels padded out with recent history. I would have liked, instead, to see some other dimension of Sharpton — who he is away from the protest marches. “Loudmouth” feels highly controlled, almost overly focused on Sharpton’s political identity at the expense of everything else.