Bubble Boy Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 8 Critic Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle | Edward GuthmannAdd Critic to Favorites

This movie has a sweetness at its core.Read the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

When it clicks, the picture should shock you into laughter -- enough to make you wish it were better and applaud its efforts anyway.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Jan StuartAdd Critic to Favorites

Bubble Boy simply has the gall to make light of one of the last untouchable left in America: disease.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites

There's always been room for rudeness in humor. In fact, it can be invigorating. But Bubble Boy goes through the motions of being outrageous when all it's really got is a rage to conform to formula.Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Though there are some funny sequences, the frothy Bubble Boy evaporates without delivering enough belly laughs.Read the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

Seems bent on creating equal-opportunity offense to many groups, but more often than not is appalling simply for its silliness and lack of comedic control.Read the full review

Washington Post | Stephen HunterAdd Critic to Favorites

What a bummer! Certainly the meanest-spirited film ever associated with the Disney hallmark.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Bruce FrettsAdd Critic to Favorites

After enduring only a few minutes of this shrill debacle, you'll feel more trapped in the theater than Jimmy is by his bubble.Read the full review

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