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Bubble Boy

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A coming-of-age comedy follows the life of Jimmy Livingston (Jake Gyllenhaal), a young man born without immunities and raised in a manufactured world provided by his well-intentioned, but misguided mother (Swoosie Kurtz). But when he realizes that he's in love with Chloe (Marley Shelton), the girl next door, he has no choice but to build a mobile bubble suit, and set off across the country to Niagara Falls, to stop Chloe's wedding -- which is only seven days away -- in time to confess his love.
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Critics Consensus

Bubble Boy bounces along with lame, offensive jokes that are more tasteless than funny.

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Dan Via Washington Post 01/06/2002
Hayes shows a deft touch with both cartoony slapstick and character-based comedy and manages to create moments of real poignancy in between. Go to Full Review Tim Cogshell Boxoffice Magazine 09/04/2001
The road trip aspect of Bubble Boy provides fodder for most of the jokes, which are requisitely crude and tactless and only occasionally amusing. Go to Full Review Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter 08/31/2001
Seldom has a more misguided movie escaped from a major studio than Touchstone's Bubble Boy. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 08/02/2024
2.5/4
...somewhat erratic yet mostly entertaining... Go to Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens 11/07/2019
Sweet, charming, surprising, inspirational and funny. Bubble Boy is pure Disney gold. Go to Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed 04/29/2009
A fun and oddly entertaining twist on the road trip film. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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thiago s @Thiagostone Oct 3 Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Kaden D @RT72531975 02/12/2025 Very entertaining, and I got many good laughs. My favorite characters have to be Pappy and Pippy. See more Alexander S @RT61935749 02/06/2025 Bubble Boy is a stupid, cute, fun film with young Jake Gyllanhal’s decent comedic dynamic that carries this film along with other known actors and their comedic moments. Nothing spectacular. Grading: C See more Benjamin J @RT48001836 11/24/2024 This movie was definetely on crack See more gandano @RT34871186 03/29/2024 so dumb it's funny!! See more Sean D @RT32113921 02/02/2024 Not amazing, but definitely a tad underrated. I remember I happened to come accross this just by chance one night, and I really enjoyed it. Then a few months later I was staying at my auntys and her freind had borrowed her a few of his dvds for me to watch. And one was donnie darko, looking at the films I saw the bubble boy guy there ! So I watched it specifically for him really, and was absolutely blown away by him in that. Ever since he has been one of my favourite actors. And I still rewatch these two every so often. Which I don't do with to many films See more Read all reviews
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Blair Hayes

Director

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jimmy Livingston

Swoosie Kurtz

Mrs. Livingston

Marley Shelton

Chloe

Danny Trejo

Slim

John Carroll Lynch

Mr. Livingston

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Synopsis A coming-of-age comedy follows the life of Jimmy Livingston (Jake Gyllenhaal), a young man born without immunities and raised in a manufactured world provided by his well-intentioned, but misguided mother (Swoosie Kurtz). But when he realizes that he's in love with Chloe (Marley Shelton), the girl next door, he has no choice but to build a mobile bubble suit, and set off across the country to Niagara Falls, to stop Chloe's wedding -- which is only seven days away -- in time to confess his love.
Director
Blair Hayes
Producer
Beau Flynn
Screenwriter
Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Distributor
Touchstone Pictures
Production Co
Germ Free Productions
Rating
PG-13 (Language|Crude Sexual Humor)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 24, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.0M
Runtime
1h 24m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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