The Bubble

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The Bubble

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Released Apr 1, 2022

2h 6m

Comedy

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

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Critics Consensus

Meandering and mostly unfunny, The Bubble gums up an all-star cast with hackneyed gags about showbiz and pandemic life.

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Don't be fooled by all the funny people in the cast -- The Bubble is two largely laugh-free hours you'll never get back.

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Robert Levin

Newsday

There's an undercurrent of desperation in the frenzied dialogue readings and hamming for the camera, as if the skilled people assembled here somehow implicitly felt the need to compensate for the writing by forcing things.

Rated: 1.5/4

Apr 24, 2022

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Oliver Jones

Observer

It has nothing new or insightful to add to the discourse, and instead seems comfortable recycling jokes that weren’t funny when we first encountered them on Twitter two years ago.

Rated: 0.5/4

Apr 20, 2022

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

Maybe I’ll regret writing this after a rewatch – or when we’re back in lockdown after the Pi Epsilon 2.0 variant – but there is semi-purpose and not insignificant pleasure to be had in Apatow’s experiment.

Apr 13, 2022

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Yasmine Kandil

Discussing Film

Yet another dull name on a list of premature pandemic fuelled filmmaking.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 15, 2024

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Shakyl Lambert

CGMagazine

Running at over 2 hours long, The Bubble feels like it’s spinning its wheels a lot of the time to quickly diminishing returns.

Rated: 5/10

Jul 12, 2024

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Tyler Strandberg

InSession Film

The Bubble bursts without much payoff.

Rated: D-

Jul 19, 2023

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amity j

neat concept. some good messages in it. was ultimately disappointingly personally. made me cry

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/08/24

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Rufus C

Pedro Pascal was horrible.....send him back to where ever he came from!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/07/24

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Jim H

not funny! Not a scene. I really tried hard. Those massive talents, do they only work for the money, or do they read scripts as well?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/23/24

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Alec B

A real disappointment, especially since there's so much one could actually satirize here. Apatow settles for a kind of cowardly laziness where he sort of remakes "Tropic Thunder" without any of that movie's edge or humor.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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Katie D

This is a dumb movie, but it knows it's dumb. I laughed, but I like silly stuff. I can understand why other people didn't like it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/05/24

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Ronald W

About a half hour too long ,but still enjoyable

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/24

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Synopsis

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

Director: Judd Apatow
Producer: Judd Apatow
Screenwriter: Judd Apatow, Pam Brady
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Apatow Productions
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language Throughout|Drug Use|Some Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 1, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2022
Runtime: 2h 6m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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