Bad Boy Bubby Reviews

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Australian director Rolf de Heer's bizarre parable of innocence and corruption, belief and redemption, paints a decidedly grim picture while allowing hints of optimistic humanism to filter through. Bubby (Nicholas Hope) is a 35-year-old manchild, confined his whole life by his domineering mother--who uses him for sex--to a two-.. Read more

Starring	Nicholas Hope, Ralph Cotterill, Claire Benito, Carmel Johnson
Director	Rolf De Heer, Rolf de Heer
Genres	Drama

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Rolf de Heer's film is pretty much a weirdo. It begins in the sordid flat which 35-year-old Bubby (Hope) shares with... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
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23 out of 23 people found this review helpful

One for the collection

This is a great film and like the other reviewers say, get past the first ten minutes (which are quite disturbing but necessary to understand the rest of the ... more

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- - Craig from Buntingford,England
  - Posted 12 Mar 2006 12:58
16 out of 18 people found this review helpful

What a load of C##p

This is the worst film i have ever seen.I think the writers and producers must have been out to the pub the day they wrote it.

Absolute rubbish

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- - Terence Bates from Alcester Warwickshire
  - Posted 22 Jan 2008 14:12
9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

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"Well, if that's all there is... we're stuffed"

This is such a hard movie to review, namely because it deals with so many conflicting emotions, it becomes very dizzying. In turns repulsive, repugnant, thought... more

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- - A customer from Hove
  - Posted 17 Jul 2008 10:30
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16 out of 18 people found this review helpful

What a load of C##p

This is the worst film i have ever seen.I think the writers and producers must have been out to the pub the day they wrote it.

Absolute rubbish

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- - Terence Bates from Alcester Warwickshire
  - Posted 22 Jan 2008 14:12
23 out of 23 people found this review helpful

One for the collection

This is a great film and like the other reviewers say, get past the first ten minutes (which are quite disturbing but necessary to understand the rest of the ... more

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- - Craig from Buntingford,England
  - Posted 12 Mar 2006 12:58

23 out of 23 people found this review helpful

One for the collection

This is a great film and like the other reviewers say, get past the first ten minutes (which are quite disturbing but necessary to understand the rest of the ... more

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- - Craig from Buntingford,England
  - Posted 12 Mar 2006 12:58
16 out of 18 people found this review helpful

What a load of C##p

This is the worst film i have ever seen.I think the writers and producers must have been out to the pub the day they wrote it.

Absolute rubbish

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- - Terence Bates from Alcester Warwickshire
  - Posted 22 Jan 2008 14:12
9 out of 9 people found this review helpful

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"Well, if that's all there is... we're stuffed"

This is such a hard movie to review, namely because it deals with so many conflicting emotions, it becomes very dizzying. In turns repulsive, repugnant, thought... more

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- - A customer from Hove
  - Posted 17 Jul 2008 10:30
9 out of 10 people found this review helpful

apalling

112 mins of life i will never get back, actually a bit less cos i couldn't bear to finish the cheesy end. this is so close to the edge of boll**ks. really... more

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- - A customer from London
  - Posted 31 Aug 2008 23:12
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

and they all lived happily ever after...

If you can get past the first scene of ths film you will find it fascinating, tragic, inspiring, sensitive and of course, absolutely hilarious.

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- - A customer from London
  - Posted 12 May 2004 22:41
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

me be bad boy bubby...cling wrap killer

get past the slow, surreal and frankly disturbing beginning and discover an absolute gem. laugh out loud moments interspersed with some well placed social ... more

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- - ewen from edinburgh
  - Posted 01 Jun 2004 22:01
8 out of 9 people found this review helpful

Heartwarmingly disturbing!

Bad boy Bubby is not a well known film in the U.K, but it should be. The story of a 35 year old Australian man called Bubby, who is kept captive in a dank pit ... more

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- - steven wilkins from Brighton
  - Posted 23 Aug 2007 11:08
8 out of 9 people found this review helpful

Toothache is better

This has to be the most tragic waste of time. It lacks in so many areas I wouldn't even know where to start. As for the reviewer who gave it 5 stars and ... more

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- - A customer from Glasgow/Sydney
  - Posted 27 Sep 2007 14:19
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

depressing

I couldn't take more than 20 minutes, and didn't read any review before hand (that was a mistake), it was absolutely horrible!!!

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- - A customer from sussex but spanish
  - Posted 19 Sep 2007 08:09
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

Classic Must See Film

An amazing film that has deserves all the awards that it has won.

Best Actor in a Lead Role – Australian Film Institute.

Best ... more

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- - Gothjimjam from Harrogate
  - Posted 08 May 2008 11:33

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Rolf de Heer's film is pretty much a weirdo. It begins in the sordid flat which 35-year-old Bubby (Hope) shares with... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  Australian director Rolf de Heer's bizarre parable of innocence and corruption, belief and redemption, paints a decidedly grim picture while allowing hints of optimistic humanism to filter through. Bubby (Nicholas Hope) is a 35-year-old manchild, confined his whole life by his domineering mother--...