Video Capsule Review

BUBBLE BOY (2002)

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Release Date: Aug 24, 2001; Rated: PG-13; Video Release Date: Aug 13, 2002; Genre: Comedy; With: Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz and Marley Shelton; Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures

D+

By Erin Richter

Showing remarkable restraint in their airheaded comedy, the filmmakers wait just over an hour before pulling out the ''don't mean to burst your bubble'' line. October Sky's Gyllenhaal -- as a hyperprotected immunodeficient teen who crosses the country in an inflated dome suit to break up the wedding of his dream girl (Marley Shelton) -- and a few clever flourishes almost give this allegory of tolerance some substantial bounce, but the film is unable to break away from the tether of predictably sophomoric humor and hackneyed stereotypes.

Posted Jan 25, 2002

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