Thursday, 8 November 2007

Bubble Boy (2001) 6/10

Starring : Jake Gyllenhaal, Marley Shelton, Swoosie Kurtz, Danny Trejo
Director : Blair Hayes
Running Time : 84 mins

Jimmy Livingston (Gyllenhaal) has lived his entire life in a hermetically sealed bubble because he was born without an immune system, but when he discovers that his childhood sweetheart Chloe (Shelton) is going to be married, he decides to build a portable bubble and trek across the country to stop the wedding and declare his love for her.

This was a very silly movie, not at all the sort of thing you might expect Gyllenhaal to do nowadays, but it did possess a unique charm which largely carried the movie, as the plot was very minimal and mainly focussed on the joke of a boy living in a bubble rather than anything substantial.

You’ll like this if you liked : Larger Than Life

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