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Bubble Boy Reviews

2001

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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, fanatical right-wing Christian mother (.. Read more

Starring	Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, John Carroll Lynch, Marley Shelton
Director	Blair Hayes
Genres	Comedy

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- "...BUBBLE BOY is an updating of PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE with a bit of THE GRADUATE thrown in....[Featuring] some rambunctiously funny set pieces that are like nothing else you'll see this summer....The picture should shock you into laughter..."
- 10542
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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- - 8
  - 2
  Not what you'd expect. If you'd expected anything at all.
  
  First things last, this film is quite odd. Reading the synopsis of the film I was expecting a quite standard 'Boy on a quest for love' type film with a ... read more »
  
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- 9136
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - ZipBoy
  - 1 review
  - Beckenham
  - 07 Jul 2004 at 09:31
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- - 0
  - 0
  It had it's moments but...
  
  I expected this film to be very very funny but was grossly disappointed. Yes, it had it's moments but they were very few and far between. In total I ... read more »
  
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- 971545
- - gingerspike
  - 261 reviews
  - Grimsby
  - 09 Mar 2011 at 23:13
- - 0
  - 0
  Give me a pin!
  
  This was recommended to me as being hilarious. It is most definitely not! It's quite sweet, very, very moderately amusing and formulaic but since I left ... read more »
  
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- 870604
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Lotsmor
  - 12 reviews
  - Walton on Thames
  - 09 Mar 2010 at 10:33
- - 0
  - 0
  WOW!
  
  i thought this film is a great film to watch i recommend this to anybody who comes across this review and you would enjoy it completley.
  
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- - a customer
  - Winsford
  - 10 Dec 2008 at 20:56
- - 0
  - 0
  You have to see this film!
  
  This film is FAB!!! We loved it.. Silly? oh yes, but what a feel good film it is. Ignore all the long reviews about the logic and stupidity of the movie ... And... read more »
  
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- 640940
- - LiseynSparky
  - 9 reviews
  - Lincolnshire Wolds
  - 08 Oct 2008 at 16:15
- - 0
  - 0
  Good Film For People With A Strange Sense Of Humour
  
  Basically, the name says it all, bubble boy. It shows the life of a boy inside a bubble, as he falls in love, but loses the love of his life due to him being ... read more »
  
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- - TashaFromBury
  - 19 reviews
  - Tottington
  - 12 Aug 2008 at 09:46
- - 0
  - 0
  slightly odd
  
  Overall, this film was enjoyable and fun. It is slightly odd and has a tendency to plod along a bit kind of not really caring if you're still watching it or... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Leicester
  - 04 Mar 2008 at 09:57
- - 0
  - 0
  Bubble Boy - Fantastic!
  
  I loved this from start to finish! You'll laugh all through this film.
  
  I didn't have any expectations about this film but I was recommended ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Haywards Heath
  - 11 Jan 2008 at 08:24
- - 1
  - 0
  Bubblicious!!
  
  A really great, simple, easy to watch movie. Some moments had us rolling with laughter. Of course the love story is predictable - but its the way they go about ... read more »
  
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  - Wisbech, Cambs.
  - 05 May 2007 at 18:55
- - 0
  - 0
  really gd film!!
  
  I enjoyed this film, not just because it had Jake in it hehe but although the storyline was random it made me laugh many times! It's a light hearted comedy ... read more »
  
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- - Amanda Morgan
  - west midlands
  - 23 Jan 2007 at 19:55
- - 0
  - 0
  Good Great Gyllenhaal!
  
  A touching Cinderella story, where we see Jake Gyllenhaal's character grow and mature in front of us. It's strange how the performances can send you ... read more »
  
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- - J.Mc Evoy
  - Preston, England
  - 30 Aug 2006 at 10:29
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- - 8
  - 2
  Not what you'd expect. If you'd expected anything at all.
  
  First things last, this film is quite odd. Reading the synopsis of the film I was expecting a quite standard 'Boy on a quest for love' type film with a ... read more »
  
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- 9136
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - ZipBoy
  - 1 review
  - Beckenham
  - 07 Jul 2004 at 09:31
- - 3
  - 0
  Strange
  
  This a truly strange movie that has the potential to offend numerous groups without being a Farrelly brothers-style gross-out movie. The groups thus maligned ... read more »
  
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- 20008
- - Gordon Walker
  - Northern Ireland
  - 29 Sep 2004 at 15:10
- - 2
  - 0
  Bubble Boy (2001)
  
  This is a superb film. Offbeat, random and hilarious, a fantastic story with subtle and unsubtle elements of comedy genius. Everytime I watch this film with a ... read more »
  
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- 131612
- - Chipstix
  - 13 reviews
  - Mid Sussex
  - 05 May 2005 at 12:42
- - 2
  - 0
  Bubblicious!
  
  I'm not going to say much because "Bubble Boy" is best viewed with no prior expectations. Just enjoy it for what it is: a brilliantly observed, ... read more »
  
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- 320232
- - Unpopular1
  - Norwich
  - 25 Jan 2005 at 00:38
- - 2
  - 0
  What?
  
  Storyline: Boy has no immune system, lives within a bubble in his home, befriend girl next door, falls for girl next door, girl next door goes to marry someone ... read more »
  
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- 326360
- - ajfromuk
  - 44 reviews
  - Llandudno Junction, N. Wales
  - 09 Mar 2005 at 16:54
- - 1
  - 0
  Fantastic, Hilarious...
  
  Fantastic, Hilarious.. The first half hour is particularly funny, especially the scene at the bus stop.. A cult classic.. and I got to oggle at Jake Gyllenhaal... read more »
  
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- - C#28
  - AVIEMORE
  - 05 Oct 2004 at 23:51
- - 1
  - 0
  Bubblicious!!
  
  A really great, simple, easy to watch movie. Some moments had us rolling with laughter. Of course the love story is predictable - but its the way they go about ... read more »
  
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- 436905
- - a customer
  - Wisbech, Cambs.
  - 05 May 2007 at 18:55
- - 0
  - 0
  Surprisingly funny
  
  I didn't expect much when I saw this movie, but suprisingly, it had me laughing throughout. It's light-hearted, surreal and ridiculous...a great ... read more »
  
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- 54668
- - Tina
  - London
  - 22 Nov 2004 at 12:25
- - 0
  - 0
  NOT BAD
  
  WORTH A WATCH GOOD FOR GIRLS
  
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- 71702
- - a customer
  - ENGLAD
  - 11 Feb 2005 at 16:03
- - 0
  - 0
  Superb
  
  Bizarre at times, however this is a very funny film.
  
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- 135016
- - Andrew
  - Omagh
  - 20 Apr 2005 at 07:21

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  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, fanatical ...