Why are all these people here moaning about Bubble Boy being offensive? Do they all live in a convent or what? If you think this is offensive and an assault on good taste, you can't watch anything anymore, lock yourself up and throw away the key. I started watching this film without knowing anything about it and I was pleasantly surprised. Initially, I feared that it would be Disney-flavored sentiment with tons of unnecessary drama and only an occasional laugh. Turns out it's the other way around! Young talent Jake Gyllenhaal is splendid as the poor boy, born without an immune system and suffering from an exaggeratedly worried and Catholic mother. He's due to live in a plastic bubble and has to disinfect everything that comes from the outside world. When the yummy girl next door announces she's soon to be wed at Niagara Falls, he chases her in a portable bubble and encounters all types of society outcasts. He teams up with circus freaks, fights religious sects and gets friendly with Hell's Angels. If you determine that to be offensive, it's your loss. I merely consider it a creative and dared new variant on the recent trend of slapstick road-movies. Bubble Boy is fast-paced, light-headed and not at all pretentious. True, there are sequences that are painfully unfunny but you quickly forget about those when a new and cool gimmick is introduced. Gyllenhaal is good, as mentioned before, but the familiar faces in the supportive cast is even better. Danny Trejo as the rebellious (read: romantically hurt) biker and Verne Troyer as the exploitive Dr. Phreak. Bubble Boy features more than enough ingenious findings and spontaneous chuckles to find a place in your memory forever. Lighten up and rent this puppy!
Review of Bubble Boy
