dir. Blair Hayes
Jimmy (Jake Gyllenhaal) has lived in a sterilised plastic dome since birth due to having no immune system. Due to his isolation and overbearing mother, he is stuck in a naive, childlike state throughout his life. When his friend says she is leaving to get married, Jimmy decides to leave his home for the first time in his life by putting together a sort of portable bubble with plastic and duct tape, and stop the wedding. Obviously Bubble Boy’s premise is already pretty stupid, but it constantly outdoes itself in terms of insanity. A biker gang! A Mormon-like cult called Bright and Shiny! A circus of freaks! A devout Hindu ice cream man! A mud wrestling competition! Old man twins who fly planes and seem to keep dying! The very end of Bubble Boy is predictable – Jimmy gets the girl and discovers his mother may not have been entirely truthful to him – but everything that comes before it is pretty much impossible to see coming. Though Bubble Boy is definitely, definitely not a good movie, it’s hard not to be entertained by its sheer madness.
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