Netflix's Big Mouth Review: 5 Ups & 1 Down

3. The Creativity

The idea of hormones being represented by a goodhearted, yet abusive and deviant monster is very on point, because a monster is an unknown creature, one that seems very scary at first, but can be embraced once it gets familiarized and somewhat domesticated.

Yes, they're hedonistic and manipulative, but only to a point and even they know the balance required between bodily pleasures and living a normal life. The creativity is not limited to monsters alone, it also involves the Statue of Liberty teaching Jessi about menstruation (in a perfect French accent) or Jay getting his pillow pregnant.

Apart from unreal situations, the rather believable are also very well-thought-out. Jessi's pendant red bra or Andrew's porn addiction are regular things, but the way they are written and animated is also a mark of the writers' creativity. The relationships between the teenagers themselves, teenagers and their parents, and adults feel very natural, and are the basis for the show's success.

If they wouldn't be convincing, the more unnatural stuff simply wouldn't be interesting as well.