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| Directed by | Blair Hayes |
| Written by | Cinco Paul Ken Daurio |
| Produced by | Beau Flynn |
| Starring | Jake Gyllenhaal Swoosie Kurtz Marley Shelton Danny Trejo John Carroll Lynch |
| Cinematography | Jerzy Zielinski |
| Edited by | Pamela Martin |
| Music by | John Ottman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
Release date | August 24, 2001 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13,000,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $5,007,898 |
Bubble Boy is a 2001 comedy film directed by Blair Hayes and stars Jake Gyllenhaal in the title role.[1] It was inspired by the 1976 movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.[2]
Plot
Jimmy Livingston was born without an immune system and is forced to live in a sterilized dome in his bedroom. Jimmy's devout Christian mother only exposes him to Highlights magazine and the Land of the Lost for entertainment. When he is a teenager, a girl named Chloe moves in next door. Jimmy is immediately taken with her, and eventually befriends her despite his mother's discouragement.
Chloe visits Jimmy and tells him that she is leaving for Niagara Falls to marry her boyfriend, Mark, in three days.
But after Jimmy unintentionally offends the cult (by referring to them as a cult), he is marooned in the desert. By this time, Jimmy's mother has discovered her son missing, so she and her husband set off to find Jimmy.
Jimmy then wanders into a restaurant where an Indian man is being antagonized by the ignorant townspeople.
To earn the money Jimmy goes into a Japanese casino nearby and enters a mud wrestling competition with two women for a convenient prize of $500. Jimmy eventually wins, but just as he is about to leave he runs into the cult again. The Bikers, the Freaks, and the Cult all begin fighting to "save" Jimmy in their own ways. In the confusion, Jimmy escapes in the taxi.
On the last day of his journey, Pappy and Jimmy have now arrived in New York, but Pappy is unresponsive, having apparently died behind the wheel overnight, forcing Jimmy to abandon the moving taxi before it crashes. Jimmy tries to call Chloe to tell her of his success, only to reach her fiancé Mark, who rudely convinces him that Chloe doesn't really love him.
Finally, Jimmy reaches Niagara Falls but falls out of the plane and into the Falls itself.
Jimmy manages to escape the water and arrives just in time to stop the wedding. He then removes his bubble suit, allowing him to touch the girl he loves for the first time.
Pushpop has become the new leader of the former cult who are apparently now followers of Hinduism. Dr. Phreak has befriended his band of freaks. Pippy and Pappy (who've reconciled after a past disagreement) drive off with Jimmy and Chloe to their honeymoon.
Cast
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- Jimmy Livingston – Jake Gyllenhaal
- Mrs. Livingston – Swoosie Kurtz
- Chloe – Marley Shelton
- Slim – Danny Trejo
- Mr. Livingston – John Carroll Lynch
- Dr. Phreak – Verne Troyer
- Mark – Dave Sheridan
- Pushpop – Brian George
- Pappy/Pippy – Patrick Cranshaw
- Chicken Man – Stephen Spinella
- Lisa – Ever Carradine
- Flipper Boy – Geoffrey Arend
- Lil' Zip – Beetlejuice
- Human Sasquatch – Matthew McGrory
- Rubber Woman – Bonnie Morgan
- Working Girl – Stacy Keibler
- Gil – Fabio Lanzoni
- Bus Stop Man – Zach Galifianakis
- Lorraine – Arden Myrin
- Todd – Pablo Schreiber
Reception
Bubble Boy was both a critical and commercial failure. The film opened at #13 at the U.S. Box office raking in $2,038,349 USD in its first opening weekend, being a box office bomb. The film also received mostly negative reviews from critics, and as of November 20, 2008 has a 29% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 82 reviews (24 "fresh", 58 "rotten"); the site's consensus states that "Bubble Boy bounces along with lame, offensive jokes that are more tasteless than funny." However, in recent years (perhaps due to it being placed in heavy rotation on Comedy Central), it has achieved the status of "cult comedy."[3]
References
- ^ Mitchell, Elvis (2001-08-24). "The Bubble Boy (2001) FILM REVIEW; Boy With a Decent Spirit That No One Can Burst". The New York Times.
- ^ Bertholdo, Stephanie (31 Jan 2008). "'Bubble Boy: The Musical' coming". The Acorn. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ [1]
