SummaryThis coming of age comedy follows the adventures of Bubble Boy Jimmy Livingston as he leaves his protected world in a portable bubble and begins a cross-country journey to win back the girl of his dreams.
Directed By:Blair Hayes
Written By:Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Bubble Boy
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Mixed or Average
41
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5.8
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
19% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
38% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
43% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
80
The bubble-kid moms can whine all they want, but Bubble Boy is a liberated movie --liberated from tastefulness, of course, but also from logic, suffering, consequence, and temperance.
75
This movie has a sweetness at its core.
User score
Mixed or Average
43% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
36% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
21% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
Mar 2, 2011
10
One of the best Jake Gyllenhaal movies I ever seen, following Donnie Darko. Great comedy and great acting in the process.
Aug 25, 2010
10
The best soundtrack EVER! The best of the strangest comedies in history. I tried to find another movie by the author of Bubble Boy... nothing I could find works as well as this.
Should be ranked as one of the best comedies (although I know it won't). Too many Napoleon Dynamite fans out there...
58
This is a semi-mean-spirited movie; had it remained that way, it could have redeemed itself.
50
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
Fitfully funny at best, it's a sophomoric, facetious road comedy.
25
The bubble-boy niche is thankfully small. John Travolta began his career playing one in a TV movie, but this movie will undoubtedly finish off the genre for good.
0
After enduring only a few minutes of this shrill debacle, you'll feel more trapped in the theater than Jimmy is by his bubble.
Feb 15, 2023
4
Jake Gyllenhall is fantastic here among this stupidly goofy movie. He commits and delivers, I guess.
