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41 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 36 Ratings

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  • Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Summary: This coming of age comedy follows the adventures of Bubble Boy Jimmy Livingston as he leaves his protected world in a portable bubble and begins a cross-country journey to win back the girl of his dreams.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 21
  3. Negative: 9 out of 21
  1. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    80
    The bubble-kid moms can whine all they want, but Bubble Boy is a liberated movie --liberated from tastefulness, of course, but also from logic, suffering, consequence, and temperance.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Jan Stuart
    60
    Bubble Boy simply has the gall to make light of one of the last untouchable left in America: disease.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    38
    Fitfully funny at best, it's a sophomoric, facetious road comedy.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. OneWhoKnows
    10
    The best soundtrack EVER! The best of the strangest comedies in history. I tried to find another movie by the author of Bubble Boy... nothing I could find works as well as this. Should be ranked as one of the best comedies (although I know it won't). Too many Napoleon Dynamite fans out there...… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. jAbMaN
    10
    One of the best Jake Gyllenhaal movies I ever seen, following Donnie Darko. Great comedy and great acting in the process.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. FelixQ.
    10
    I will defend this one unto the death. Well, maybe not *death*, but you get the point. I actually laughed out loud while watching it on my own, which doesn't happen often. I really am a sap for the puppy-dog eyes male leads, and this movie just scratches the itch in the hard to reach spot in he middle of my back. Metaphorically speaking, that it.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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