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Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Bubble Boy (2001): Dir: Blaire Hayes / Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Marley Shelton, Swoosie Kurtz, Verne Troyer, Danny Trejo: Title regards isolation with Jake Gyllenhaal conformed to a plastic bubble since childhood due to a germ problem. His religious fanatic mother attempts to turn him against the outside world until he is befriended by the girl next door. She is about to wed a jerk so he decides to ventures outside his plastic confines to stop her. Thus begins an odyssey of mad bikers, a moron cult, and a freak show until it climaxes with painfully delivered facts by mother. Director Blaire Hayes loses control early with only the colourful scenery to compliment. Gyllenhaal look uncomfortable in his oversize beach ball and his trek is basically the routine road movie only ten times grosser. Shelton is standard issue as his airhead target who is about to marry an idiot because the screenplay calls for her to be a naïve bimbo. Swoosie Kurtz plays mother without the slightest idea on how to raise a child. Verne Troyer appears as a bullying midget. Danny Trejo appears as someone who should bully the bullying midget. Perhaps this is the best he could get after his famous stint as Mini Me. Extremely gross humour including a scene where a bull carcass is run over repeatedly by oncoming traffic and the blood splattering an observer. That reduces an isolation theme to a puke fest. Score: 2 / 10

I was actually one of the few who saw this movie in the theaters 10 years ago. I thank Seinfeld for spawning this movie. If he hadn't "broke the ice" with HIS bubble boy, we would have never been able to enjoy this one. First off, this movie offends EVERYBODY! Its great, all stereotypes are represented here. But its all done in a tasteful way. Hey! Its camp, that's what they do! If your one of those uptight, politically correct types who doesn't know how to laugh at yourself or others, you probably will be offended. But honestly, you were going to get offended by anything anyhow. Glad to see it on TV today. We need more people in this country affected by this courageous BUBBLE BOY!

I'm not leaping over puddles for this one. I love Jake Gyllenhaal and though he does a good job, the movie sucks. I'm sorry to those who like it. That's fine if you. But it's just not my cup of tea. There were some good parts, just like there is for most movies. But over all I didn't find all that many. Normally I would say if you haven't see it yet, to go so and see it, but not this time. So if you haven't seen it, count your blessings and don't. And you have, good for you, especially for you liked it or thought it was okay. It is my overall opinion that the movie is not that good. And that's okay for me to say so too.It is not a movie that I would recommend.

This film is about the quest of a young man, who has to live in a bubble due to the lack of immunity, to stop his love from getting married.I know this film is meant to be entertaining, but I think it is the type of film that is more entertaining when you are high. I mean, the "circus of freaks" and "b**** slapping 6-handed Goddess" illustrates this point. Anyway, this film is enjoyable mainly because of the overcontrolling mother. Her performance is excellent and convincing, and the character development of her is the best in the film. It is scary to see her treating her teenage son like a baby, refusing to let go.