The Bubble

R

Released Apr 1, 2022

2 hr. 6 min.

Comedy

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21%

117 Reviews

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30%

500+ Ratings

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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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Audience Consensus

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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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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Vincent F

Very few jokes and lots of pointless dance sequences make this hard to watch. A surprisingly good cast for such an unfunny turkey.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/11/24

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Steve D

A completely humorless mess despite the talent.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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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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Tyler Strandberg

InSession Film

The Bubble bursts without much payoff.

Rated: D-

Jul 19, 2023

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Aaron Phillips

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

Rather than a specific comedic experience with a clear vision, [The Bubble] is a patchwork of skits over two hours that's clumsily jammed together.

Rated: 5/10

Jan 4, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

This COVID-era clunker attempts to riff on everything from the pandemic to Hollywood celebrity status. But it ends up being a scattershot mess that’s so full of itself that it’s completely unaware of how unfunny it is.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 16, 2022

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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
Executive Producer: Pam Brady, Barry Mendel, Donald Sabourin
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
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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