Bubblemania - A Movie Review

Let me get serious for a minute. I'd like to talk about a movie I recently viewed that had all the aspects of a quality film. It's about a teenage boy who was being repressed by his ultra-conservative parents.

No this isn't Footloose.

He falls in love with the girl next door but can't express his feelings for her properly because of the way he was raised. The neighbor girl obviously likes him but knows she must move on with her life if repressed-boy won't tell her he loves her.

It's not Say Anything.

The girl next door ends up running off with a loser and plans to marry him. Repressed-boy finally realizes he must do something to stop the wedding and gets the overwhelming urge to tell her his feelings.

The Graduate this ain't.

This kind of plot has been done to death right? I agree. So to make the story interesting, the boy has lived inside a bubble all his life due to his supposed weak immune system. So to stop the wedding, bubble/repressed/lovesick boy has to get cross country in a portable bubble he made to get to the girl of his dreams and, you know, stay alive.

Eat your heart out John Travolta.

This movie has it all. At one point in the movie, Bubble Boy is chased by:

A mexican biker gang
Religious cult of happy-go-lucky kids who all have the same name
Circus sideshow freaks
Sideshow freak owner who wants his his freaks back who is a bit of a freak himself (Verne Troyer).

There's also:

The estranged 90 year old twins who both have random catatonic conditions, strongest when they're driving and flying
Japanese mud wrestling bar owners ("500 DOLLAR!")
An Indian (dot not feather) ice cream truck owner who puts curry in all of his products

and of course:

His parents when they discover he no longer was in his bedroom bubble.

What more could you ask for? Check it out. The movie was surprisingly funny.

Bubble Boy