Blurt

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–verb (used with object) 

1. to utter suddenly 

or 

inadvertently; divulge impulsively or unadvisedly (usually fol. by out): He blurted [out] the hiding place of the spy.  



–noun 

2. an abrupt utterance.





　

The characters observe no boundaries, and neither does the movie—Baumbach hasn’t worked out the struggle between speaking and withholding, as Bergman did. People simply blurt [out] scathing remarks, so there’s little power in the revelations and betrayals. 





　

The miracle in the plot is that the people of Lars' community arrive at an unspoken agreement to treat Bianca with the same courtesy that Lars does. This is partly because they have long and sadly watched Lars closing into himself and are moved by his attempt to break free. 



The film, directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Nancy Oliver ("Six Feet Under"), wisely never goes for even one moment that could be interpreted as smutty or mocking. 



There are, to be sure, some moments of humor; you can't take a love doll everywhere without inspiring double-takes. And Gus sometimes blurts [out] the real-world truths we are also thinking.





blabbermouth 

babble 

to utter sounds or words imperfectly, indistinctly, or without meaning.

The movie isn't sure of what it wants to say about society / humanity / medicine / science / politics but it [babbles] on relentlessly about them anyway. 

Behind a veil of psychoanalytic [babble] lies a simple tale of murder in Alfred Hitchcock's popular thriller Spellbound.

jabber 

to talk or utter rapidly, indistinctly, incoherently

schmooze

mutter

to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone

three sit uncomfortably at the kitchen table while Daisy's mother [babbles], 

"I haven't heard from her, she hasn't called. I don't know why she hasn't called." Daisy's father anchors the composition, a [muttering] codger in the corner.



babble

ballyhoo 

blurb

She wrote a good blurb for her friend's [novel]. 

bombastic

bombast

grandiose

brandish v. n.

Garrulous