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| ACTORS: | Jake Gyllenhaal |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Blair Hayes (II) |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 24 August, 2001 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Buena Vista Home Vid |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 786936165401 |
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Customer Reviews of Bubble Boy
The funniest movie I've seen in my life I remember seeing the previews of this 2 years ago, and thought it was just the usual dumb comedy. Eventually, I got drug along to see it and was expecting to hate it. But within the first 15 minutes, I was laughing harder than I did when I saw...well, anything funny. Bubble Boy is the story of Jimmy, who lacks immunities, and has to live in a plastic bubble in his room. His mom is a super Christian, and tells him that pretty much everything is a sin, even referring to the new girl that moved in as "the whore next door". So he grows up with all these dumb rules set in mind. Thanks to the "whore next door", Jimmy starts to fall in love with her, even if he can only stay in his bubble. She's really nice to him, and starts to love him too.
Well...until her mullet-sporting hick boyfriend asks her to marry him...and she says 'yes'. They're off to Niagara Falls to get married, and it's up to Jimmy to stop the wedding. He builds his own bubble suit to get there. Man oh man does it get crazy once he leaves home. He meets up with a Mexican biker who says Jimmy has the right to "cut the vato", a cult lead by Fabio called Bright And Shiny, circus freaks, a Hindu ice cream man, and a cab driver named Pappy who lost his wife- Poon Tang.
This movie is all around fun. I've never laughed so hard when watching anything as I have Bubble Boy. From Jimmy's parents writing a ransom note so the police help them find him-
"'Dear Mr. and Ms. Livingston, we have kidnapped your son. Give us $10,000 dollars or he dies. Signed, the Jews.' Are you kidding? ARE YOU KIDDING? Who in their right mind is going to believe this note Morton? THEY'RE THE JEWS! THEY'RE GOING TO WANT MORE THAN $100,000!"
Everything blends together so well without ever trying to be offensive. The special features are a little lack luster, but I guess that's ok since the movie's so great, and it left theaters so quickly because of "how offensive" it was. There aren't too many special features. Just the commentary with Jake and the director, a feature on building the Bubble Suit, production pictures, Bright and Shiny sing along, story boards for the Niagara Falls scene, and the director's diary. That sounds like a fair amount, but they're all pretty short.
This movie isn't making fun of people with the condition, it's making fun of the people that freak out about it (as the director in the commentary says). So get this if you're in the mood for a laugh or something refreshing. If this movie hadn't come out, I would've made it. It's like everything I do comics about was put onto film. *thumbs up* *theme from Hawaii Five-O plays*
Bubble Boy had me laughing!
With all due respect to those who are ill with the Immune Deficiency Disease, I found Bubble Boy to be funny. I don't think the movie pokes fun at the issue at all, but rather sheds light on those who struggle with the disease. By the end of the flick, my heart went out to Jimmy (bubble Boy) and his quest to save his dream girl from a mulletman! I took my little cousin to see it and we were both laughing. Bubble Boy is a silly romantic comedy,and the humor is what our younger generations are used to. Naturally, not everyone is going to find it amusingly appealing, but for those of us who enjoyed flicks like There's Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber and Road Trip, I definitely recommend seeing Bubble Boy. Jake Gyllenhaal is a talented actor and i'd like to see him take on other roles as well. The rest of the crew was funny too -- Mini Me, Beetlejuice, Fabio. Check it out for yourself.
bright and shiny
This movie really suprised me. You really want to root jimmy on. Here is a kid who is born with a horrible disease, and he overcomes that just so he can live life and pursue love. I found the bubble to represent more what holds us all back and we need to break out to live life to its fullest. Some will get offended by some of the stereotypes. But, in the end, you really love all the characters and they all care about each other. If you liked films like, Saving Silverman or Old School, this might be for you.