Bubble Boy

Name: Bubble Boy
Director: Blair Hayes
Released: 2001-01-01

2001 film directed by Blair Hayes

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Released: 2001
Director: Blair Hayes
Screenwriter: Cinco Paul
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, Ken Daurio
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Producer: Beau Flynn
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal
, Swoosie Kurtz
, Marley Shelton
, Danny Trejo
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Runtime: 84 min
Genre: comedy film
, fantasy film
Country of origin: United States

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Bubble Boy is a 2001 American comedy film starring Jake Gyllenhaal in the title role. Written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, and directed by Blair Hayes, it was inspired by the 1976 film The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. The story follows Jimmy (Gyllenhaal), a young man born without an immune system who has lived in a sterilized dome since childhood. He ventures outside his home for the first time to stop the wedding of his crush Chloe, after she is revealed to have mutual feelings for him. Swoosie Kurtz, Danny Trejo, and John Carroll Lynch also star.

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Director of photography: Jerzy Zieliński
Title: Bubble Boy
Film editor: Pamela Martin
Color: color
FSK film rating: FSK 0
Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1
Narrative location: New York
Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 41/100(March 28, 2024) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 21 critic review
31%(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 84 critic review
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4.1/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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