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Bubble Boy [DVD] [2001]

DVD ~ Jake Gyllenhaal
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, Marley Shelton, Danny Trejo, John Carroll Lynch
  • Directors: Blair Hayes
  • Writers: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
  • Producers: Beau Flynn, Eric McLeod
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Touchstone Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 15 Jun 2006
  • Run Time: 84 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006AFHJ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,965 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Innocuous, innocent and somewhat idiotic, Disney's bubbleheaded road-movie comedy Bubble Boy plays as a farcical remake of the 1976 cult TV-movie melodrama The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. Jake Gyllenhaal is the good-hearted innocent raised in a sort of human Habitrail of plastic rooms and rubber tunnels. To win back the girl of his dreams (Marley Shelton), he steps out of his indoor greenhouse and into a homemade Ziplock bubble suit. It's the usual story: naive innocent bounces down the highway like a beach ball with legs and wins over the wacky supporting cast of soft-hearted bikers, zombie-like teenage cultists and orphaned "freaks" through purity and pluck. The premise wears thin after a while, but Gyllenhaal keeps the film bounding along with goofy innocence and energetic eagerness. Swoosie Kurtz costars as his religious-zealot clinging mom. Watch for Fabio in an inspired cameo. --Sean Axmaker

On the DVD: Bubble Boy contains a surprising amount of special features for what is essentially a B-movie comedy. These include a long winded multi-interview about the main star of the film, the Bubble suit itself; a director's diary, charting the events around the time of filming the movie; a "Production Design Gallery" including intricate pencil drawings and a story board of the Niagara Falls sequence. Along with this, director Blair Hayes and Jake Gyllenhaal offer a gabbled conversation rather than a commentary. --Nikki Disney

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

Building a Better Bubble Suit
Production Design Gallery
Storyboard: Niagra Falls
Audio Commentary with director Blair Hayes and actor Jake Gyllenhaal

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Love it, 14 Feb 2006
By C. Pawley "Musegirl" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Quite an easy happy go lucky storyline, very quirky at times, quite a lot of fun and a nice happy love story, what more could one want for a cold winters evening snuggled up on the sofa? The acting is brilliant and I can very much see the wonderful Jake becoming a household name within the next 18 months.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars very funny, 14 Dec 2005
By C. cooke (malvern, worcestershire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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what more can i say?
this film is great and funny. and even the audio commentary by blair hayes and jake gylenhaal is lika watching a new movie all in it's own, with the two getting into a full on fight half way through commentating and all you can hear is what sounds like blair strangling gylenhaal :P
well wortht the money, a great film.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's a classic!, 11 Jun 2003
Bubble boy, I watched it just because of Jacob Gyllenhaal - and was pleasantly surprised. The usual teen movie I suppose but a better sense of humour - not sex orientated for most of it. It's about time we learnt there were funnier things. There's a really funny moment when hes on the back of a motorbike and he asks to go faster and the driver's like - oh u like the feel of the wind in your hair, and bubble boy's in a huge bubble!! And then he says o yeah, and shakes his head as if the wind's in his hair - oh just thinking of it makes me happy. Really catchy tune in it too! Not a serious movie - a good light hearted good intention movie to watch when u want to relax and not think.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, warm and throughly enjoyable film.
I watched this film last night with my two sons and we all thoroughly enjoyed it, laughing out loud at regular intervals. Read more
Published 11 months ago by A. Moriarty

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, Funny and even more Funny!
It's funny, funny, funny and oh, did I say ...... it's funny! What more can you ask for in life!
Published 16 months ago by C. Clark

5.0 out of 5 stars Bubble Boy - Great film for teens and adults!
Before purchasing this movie I was a little shocked to see Jake Gyllenhaal in a role such as this (I'm not a great fan of his work and it's the sort of role that you'd expect to... Read more
Published 23 months ago by R. Woolgar

5.0 out of 5 stars bubble boy
this is a epic romantic drama telling the life story of a child, played by the awsome jake gylanhall. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2006 by chiggy_wiggy

4.0 out of 5 stars bubbly
Please buy this it's so damm funny and cool to watch late at night with your girlfriend. BUT WARNING DO NOT WATCH ON YOUR OWN AS IT MAY HAVE SUICIDAL EFFECTS!!!!!. Please Enjoy.
Published on 12 Jun 2005

3.0 out of 5 stars well its kind of wierd
bubble boy is only any good really cos it has jake in it, and he's talented. the story is flawed and could have been a lot better. as a comedy its quite poor. Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2004 by Mr. N. J. Henry

4.0 out of 5 stars Bubble Boy
An all round great movie with all the things you would look for. comedy, drama, love theres not much action but the laughs make up for it. A great perfromance by gyllenhaal
Published on 6 Aug 2004 by E Boville

5.0 out of 5 stars Bubble Boy
Bubble Boy, Is an amazingly funny heart felt film. Starring Acting geniusJake Gyllenhaal and the lovely Marley Shelton. Read more
Published on 21 April 2004 by giftedhell

3.0 out of 5 stars Good premise poor execution
In a mother's (Swoose Kurtz) attempt to keep her little boy Jimmy (Jake Gyllenhaal), she convinces him that he needs to live in a bubble to protect him from germs, and "little... Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2002 by bernie

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