Loudspeaker
A playful phone-sharing challenge turns a gathering of Russian friends into a sharply uncomfortable audit of love, loyalty, and hidden lives.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- awkward
- tense
- group movie night
- date night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The friends voluntarily agree to read every incoming message aloud and answer calls on speakerphone, driving the revelations.
Text messages and phone calls reveal concealed affairs, sexuality, and relationship conflicts within the group.
The initially playful game produces increasingly awkward disclosures that reshape how the friends view one another.
The gathering tests husband-wife relationships, trust, honesty, and the durability of long-standing friendships.
Films like Loudspeaker, and why
Perfect Strangers
ensemble social comedy built around a game that exposes romantic secrets and interpersonal dishonesty
The Dinner Game
contained dinner-party comedy where phones and private messages destabilize friendships and relationships
Carnage
witty relationship comedy driven by concealed affairs, uncomfortable revelations, and shifting trust among friends
Movie Details
- Director
- Alexey Nuzhnyy
- Release Date
- 2019-02-14
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (65)
Cast
- Leonid Barats
- Irina Gorbacheva
- Rostislav Khait
- Mariya Mironova
- Kamil Larin
- Anastasiya Ukolova
- Aleksandr Demidov
- Veronika Kornienko
Common questions
- What is Loudspeaker about?
- A playful phone-sharing challenge turns a gathering of Russian friends into a sharply uncomfortable audit of love, loyalty, and hidden lives.
- What is Loudspeaker like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Loudspeaker as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Loudspeaker violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Loudspeaker.
- Which films are like Loudspeaker?
- Films with a similar feel include Perfect Strangers, The Dinner Game, and Carnage.
- How long is Loudspeaker?
- Loudspeaker runs 96 minutes.
