Synopsis
Jimmy is a young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet caresses of girl-next-door Chloe. But when Chloe decides to marry her high school boyfriend, Jimmy – bubble suit and all – treks cross-country to stop her.
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Cast
- Jake GyllenhaalJimmy Livingston
- Swoosie KurtzMrs. Livingston
- Marley SheltonChloe
- Danny TrejoSlim
- John Carroll LynchMr. Livingston
- Verne TroyerDr. Phreak
- Dave SheridanMark
- Brian GeorgePushpop
- Patrick CranshawPappy / Pippy
- Stephen SpinellaChicken Man
Recommendations
- 80
L.A. Weekly
Playfully quirky film takes equal-time potshots at its many easy targets -- fundamentalism, intolerance, ethnic stereotypes. - 78
Austin Chronicle
It's a shame if the controversy surrounding Bubble Boy distracts people from what a smart, subversive, and genuinely good-hearted film it is. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
This movie has a sweetness at its core. - 60
The New York Times
When it clicks, the picture should shock you into laughter -- enough to make you wish it were better and applaud its efforts anyway. - 58
Portland Oregonian
This is a semi-mean-spirited movie; had it remained that way, it could have redeemed itself. - 50
Boston Globe
There's always been room for rudeness in humor. In fact, it can be invigorating. But Bubble Boy goes through the motions of being outrageous when all it's really got is a rage to conform to formula. - 38
New York Post
Fitfully funny at best, it's a sophomoric, facetious road comedy. - 30
Village Voice
The coke-fried gibbons behind Bubble Boy came to a trailblazing conclusion: The ideal filmic oddity is white, male, and -- a mother's deception notwithstanding -- perfectly healthy.
