Bubble Boy (2001)
Directed by Blair Hayes
Genres - Comedy, Romance, Action, Adventure |
Sub-Genres - Farce, Gross-Out Comedy, Road Movie |
Release Date - Aug 24, 2001 (USA) |
Run Time - 84 min. |
Countries - France, United States |
MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Karl Williams
Jake Gyllenhaal, the young star of the critically well-received October Sky (1999), follows up that film with this offbeat comedy. Gyllenhaal stars as Jimmy Livingston, a teenager with an immune system deficiency who has spent his entire life living in a plastic bubble under the doting, overprotective care of his mother (Swoosie Kurtz). Jimmy is in love with his next-door neighbor Chloe (Marley Shelton), so when he learns that she has left for Niagara Falls in order to be married, he's devastated. He quickly assembles a portable "bubble suit" and sets out on a 2,755.8-mile odyssey in order to stop her and proclaim his affection. Along the way, Jimmy experiences a number of adventures, including encounters with freaks, bikers, rock stars, and a cult. Bubble Boy is a comic riff on the classic TV movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976), which starred a young John Travolta.
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immune-deficiency, journey, teenagers, mother, repression, engagement, wedding-plans