Bubble Boy (2001)
30 %
Reviews Counted: 79 Fresh: 24 Rotten:55 Average Rating: 3.8/10
Consensus:
Bubble Boy bounces along with lame, offensive jokes that are more tasteless than funny.
Runtime: 84 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 24, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $4,211,321
Synopsis: BUBBLE BOY is a zany and lighthearted but irreverent road comedy from music video director Blair Hayes. Jake Gyllenhaal (OCTOBER SKY) stars as Jimmy Livingston, a young man born with an immune deficiency, who is forced to spend his life inside a sterile plastic bubble. His overprotective,... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Marley Shelton, Swoosie Kurtz, Geoffrey Arend, Beetlejuice
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The film is only sporadically funny, and it's frequently in poor taste, but it's got energy to spare, and Gyllenhaal's performance gives it a soul.
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11/06/02
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(Bubble Boy) squanders its strongest moments but at least has the courage to attempt strong moments.
02/05/02
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01/15/02
Hayes shows a deft touch with both cartoony slapstick and character-based comedy and manages to create moments of real poignancy in between.
01/06/02
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Despite what his mother taught him, despite the evil and injustice he encounters in the world, little Jimmy Livingston is kind and understanding and tolerant of others. That's the moral.
12/09/01
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