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Bubble Boy (Widescreen)

Jake Gyllenhaal , Swoosie Kurtz , Blair Hayes    PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)   DVD
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
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Innocuous, innocent, and somewhat idiotic, Disney's bubbleheaded road-movie comedy plays as a farcical remake of the 1976 cult TV-movie melodrama The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. Jake Gyllenhaal is the goodhearted innocent raised in a sort of human Habitrail of plastic rooms and rubber tunnels. To win back the girl of his dreams (Marley Shelton), he steps out of his indoor greenhouse and into a homemade Ziplock bubble suit. It's the usual story: naive innocent bounces down the highway like a beach ball with legs and wins over the wacky supporting cast of soft-hearted bikers, zombielike teenage cultists, and orphaned "freaks" through purity and pluck. The premise wears thin after a while, but Gyllenhaal keeps the film bounding along with goofy innocence and energetic eagerness. Swoosie Kurtz costars as his religious-zealot clinging mom. Watch for Fabio in an inspired cameo. --Sean Axmaker

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3.0 out of 5 stars Bubble boy May 21 2013
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This movie was just okay, it wasn't quite as funny as I expected. I would recommend this movie to teenagers only.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dead-On Campy Jun 1 2004
Format:DVD
OK, one thing is for sure. If Jake Gyllenhaal had not been able to carry this movie, it would have been the worst piece of cinema ever created. But he plays the role of Jimmy, Boy in the Bubble with such wide-eyed childish, ecstatic fervor that just his facial expressions are occasionally hysterical (especially in an early scene where he attempts to pay for a bus ticket). You will either find him wildly endearing, or about as annoying as Stewart Smalley. So, this will NOT be a film suited to everyone's tastes.

Jimmy busts out of his plastic room into a plastic bubble to make a cross-country trip from CA to NY to stop the marriage of a girl he's in love with. Basic story, heard it all before. What's funny about it is the bevy of characters he meets along the way, all of whom are willing to help him, but Jimmy manages to insult them with his naivete, lack of manners and social grace. However, they all somehow become enraptured with him and end up trailing him and trying to fight each other off to his Niagara Falls destination.

The movie is made apparently in association with Disney, though it does seem to play more like an intentionally campy film intended for individuals a little older than the Disney crowd. I, for one, thought the movie looked idiotic and the title doesn't suggest a whole lot of entertainment, just a load of crap... but it really is an interesting piece of work that has the energy of a salsa dancer on speed built right in. Plus, how can you resist Jake Gyllenhaal? He's so damn cute. Plus, look for outrageous turns by Verne Troyer, Swoosie Kurtz and Fabio.

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5.0 out of 5 stars What will you think? May 5 2004
Format:DVD
I bet if you haven't seen this movie, you probably think it looks very stupid. Afterall, it didn't gain alot of momentum at the box office and who knows-- maybe you haven't even heard of this movie until recently. I'm telling you right now, point blank and honest to god, this movie is fantastic. To be honest, I had my reservations, but I bought this movie not knowing what to expect and am very happy with it.

It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Jimmy, a boy who is confined to a bubble because he was born without any immunitites. He lives day to day stuck in his room eating his moms germ-free, fat-free cookies, and while you'd think he'd be bored out of his mind, he comes up with ways to stay entertained, like played the theme from "Land of the Lost" on his guitar. Then Chloe moves next door, and from then on he's hooked. When she tells him one day that she's getting married and then leaves for Niagra Falls, Jimmy gathers up his courage and leaves the confines of his bubble room in his new bubble suit.

He meets alot of interesting characters along the way, like the Bright and Shiny Cult, a maniac on a motorcylce, and a group of circus freaks. It seems like it would be too much going on, but it's really not, it keeps the movie flowing and provides alot of laugh factors.

This movie may be a bit "out there," but not so far away that alot of different people who like alot of different movies won't be able to enjoy it. I think everyone would like this movie if they gave it a shot and watched it. And if not, that person isn't much of a movie person afterall if he can't find something to like about this charming movie.

I recommend this to everyone. It doesn't matter who you are, this movie is worth seeing, even if it's just for the sake of saying, "Yeah, I saw that one." But honestly, there's alot to love about this film. See it!

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Most recent customer reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars 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. Read more
Published on Jun 11 2004 by Connor T. O'quinn
3.0 out of 5 stars It may be funny... Get a second opinion! Then buy it anyway.
Perhaps this movie is the funniest movie I've seen, perhaps not. What if I say it's funny, and you buy it, and you don't agree? It could happen. Read more
Published on Feb 27 2004 by James LeMay
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't Believe How FUNNY it is!!
I am a guy who is well into my 30s. As a consequence I thought that there would never be a movie that would make me laugh as much as the movies when I was a kid. Read more
Published on Feb 24 2004 by "silentknight918"
4.0 out of 5 stars A Surprisingly funny movie
I first saw this movie as a sort of mistake- you know when you sit down, turn on the tube, and a movie you never heard of is just starting. Read more
Published on Feb 14 2004 by Gary J. Cowen
5.0 out of 5 stars hell yeah
this movie is one of the funniest movies i've ever seen. trust me it's worth it.
Published on Dec 24 2003 by Justin M Kirby
5.0 out of 5 stars 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. Read more
Published on Nov 29 2003 by Horatio Horatio
2.0 out of 5 stars Sorry couldn't laugh
Usually I try and give movies the benefit of the doubt, I really do try. This one just didn't make me laugh. There are bad movies that you can watch and still like. Read more
Published on Oct 9 2003 by General Pete
4.0 out of 5 stars Jake Gyllenhaal can do no wrong.
Bubble Boy (Blair Hayes, 2001)

It is easily predictable in the general scheme of all things Hollywood that Blair Hayes' career will be short, nasty, brutal, and fraught with... Read more

Published on Sep 23 2003 by Robert P. Beveridge
5.0 out of 5 stars I thought this movie was gonna be stupid
The commercial for this movie makes it look like the line of slapstick and in my opinion mindless movies that have been made over the past years "dumb and dumber" (and for the new... Read more
Published on Aug 13 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly hilarious
When I saw the previews of this movie, it looked completely stupid. Based on the whole premise I had no intentions of ever seeing it as it looked so dumb and I promptly forgot... Read more
Published on May 9 2003 by Jason Brobeck
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