The Bubble

Name: The Bubble
Genre: Comedy
Released: April 1, 2022
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 34
Cast: David Duchovny, Fred Armisen, Iris Apatow, Karen Gillan, Keegan-Michael Key

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Movie Details & Credits

Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): April 1, 2022 | R

Starring: David Duchovny, Fred Armisen, Iris Apatow, Karen Gillan, Keegan-Michael Key, Leslie Mann, Maria Bakalova, Pedro Pascal, Peter Serafinowicz, Rob Delaney

Summary: A group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempt to complete a sequel to an action franchise film about flying dinosaurs.

Director: Judd Apatow

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 124 min

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RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Apr 1, 2022

The film is best in its embrace of the random, its moments when the talented and funny cast goof off with each other, responding to one another's eccentricities. Read full review

Empire John Nugent

Mar 31, 2022

Judd Apatow’s broadest film yet is a patchy collection of Covid-themed comedy cock-ups — but a talented ensemble of performers means you’re never too far away from your next laugh. Read full review

Luke Y. Thompson

Mar 31, 2022

Even if the characters on screen didn’t become better artists during the pandemic, then Apatow at least should have. With The Bubble, he seems to have mistaken jokes about moviemaking for moviemaking that shouldn’t be taken seriously. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Mar 31, 2022

This could have been a good premise, but the basic idea of the pandemic and bubbling up itself now feels spurious and dated, and there just aren’t enough funny lines to carry this film through its punishing 126-minute running time. Read full review

The Independent Adam White

Mar 31, 2022

The Bubble’s script is credited to Apatow and Team America co-writer Pam Brady, and there are occasional flashes of barbed, satirical wit here. Generally, though, The Bubble resembles a flutter of loose ideas, to which a vast ensemble of reliably funny actors have been tasked with adding colour. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Mar 31, 2022

Apatow gets a lot of shit for making scattershot comedies that run the length of David Lean epics, but the patchwork of scenes that comprise his latest have less in common with “Funny People” than they do “Movie 43,” and might just be aimless enough to make the director’s critics appreciate the flow of his earlier work. Read full review

The Playlist Charles Bramesco

Mar 31, 2022

A film that takes so many below-the-belt jabs at the idiocy of Tinseltown blockbusters must, at the very least, be a few IQ points higher than the stuff it makes fun of for being stupid. Read full review

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Thisgurl

Apr 8, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First off know this movie is supposed to be dumb! It’s just supposed to be a hot mess with and an amazing cast and crew. Then relax and watch this movie with an open uncritical mind and the laughs won’t stop coming! If your watching this movie to find a deeper meaning or to pick it apart to get yourself upset for no reason ( Karens of the world) then move along! This movie is perfect for what Judd Apatow set out to make it, stupid/ dumb Comedy at time where laughter is hard to come by. Love it for what it is!… Expand

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Javus0123

Apr 4, 2022

I see a lot of hate for the movie in the other reviews but It seems to me like people entirely missed the whole point of the movie. It's not about glorifying hollywood, but exactly the opposite. It presents the movie stars in the worst light possible. They are spoiled brats who cannot handleI see a lot of hate for the movie in the other reviews but It seems to me like people entirely missed the whole point of the movie. It's not about glorifying hollywood, but exactly the opposite. It presents the movie stars in the worst light possible. They are spoiled brats who cannot handle being stuck in an ultra exclusive hotel for a 100 days to film a movie and earn millions of dollars while the rest of the world is falling apart. Honestly it's amazing that this movie ever got made. If you understand the humor and the context it's great fun and has a lot of extremely funny scenes and ranges from some pretty random and pretty fun light humor to deep critique of hollywood and it's skewed outlook on politics and it's meaning to regular folk.… Expand

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Meldee

Apr 3, 2022

Pretty sure the whole point of this movie just flew over everyone's heads. It's supposed to mock the entire industry, including the actors. I enjoyed the randomness. It was different. People take every movie too seriously nowadays, including movies that aren't supposed to be taken seriously at all.

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fart123

Apr 2, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esse filme não é pra se levar a serio, mas mesmo assim é ruim.
A Bolha tem 2 horas de filme, mas só presta 30m, depois só tem piada sem graça e cenas vergonhosas. Eu só ri quando a personagem da Leslie Mann perdeu a mão, o único personagem bonzinho é o do Pedro Pascal. A Karen Gillan e o Michael Key tiveram atuações bem medíocres, e a Tik Toker é tão irritante, o Guz Khan sai logo no começo, e o resto não tem muita coisa pra falar. Bem esse filme não tem um roteiro muito bom e um final muito Ruim.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Apr 1, 2022

The Bubble is the classic representation of someone who keeps telling bad jokes and thinks it's hilarious when no one in the room is laughing.
Worse, I find it even more stupid to see that they seem to think they were making some kind of good satirical mockery of a reality that theyThe Bubble is the classic representation of someone who keeps telling bad jokes and thinks it's hilarious when no one in the room is laughing.
Worse, I find it even more stupid to see that they seem to think they were making some kind of good satirical mockery of a reality that they themselves exploit on a daily basis.

Exploiting their egos? That would be commendable if at least what was proposed was nothing more than a petty collection of lousy ideas exploring once again what he has always done; stories with childish adults who have some funny situation that makes him think he can stretch it ad nauseam.

Apatow rather than those involved perhaps believed that not taking himself seriously would be more believable and probably would have worked if not for the simple fact that it's not funny. None of it is.

Despite the strong cast, Apatow does nothing with the characters, and gives them nothing but pitiful scenes in which you can tell they are completely disinterested themselves. Like their fictional counterparts, they are there because of their contract and because they were clearly paid well for doing the bare minimum.

This wasn't meant to be taken seriously, in any way. However, that also doesn't mean you get to play dumb and think you've done something worthy of the spotlight, and The Bubble deserves total obscurity.… Expand

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AmateurfilmVWR

Sep 1, 2022

Easily Apatow's worst film. It's a comedy thats almost insufferably unfunny and at over 2 hours, its a dread to have to get through. The cast is fine, they try to make their best of bad material but this is clearly one of those "Covid movies" that was dumped onto Netflix for the sake of content.

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Clairrrrrebear

Apr 3, 2022

Worst movie I've ever seen. I love this cast, love Judd Apatow, but this was inexplicably awful.

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