The Bubble Movie Review: Netflix’s Satire Comedy Is Best Skipped

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Available
On:
Netflix

Duration:
126
Minutes

Language:
English

Plot:
The
Bubble
follows
the
cast
and
crew
of
a
blockbuster
action
franchise
called
Cliff
Beasts’
attempt
to
shoot
a
sequel
while
staying
in
the
bubble
at
a
posh
hotel.
However,
after
several
weeks
of
quarantining
alone,
the
cast
begins
to
lose
grip
on
sanity
and
try
to
leave
the
shoot
before
the
movie
is
over.

Review:
Judd
Apatow’s
Netflix
comedy
satire
is
a
direct
misfire.
The
film
begins
with
hints
of
a
comedy
like
‘production
plans
gone
wrong’
but
it
turns
into
a
mess
of
a
night
that
lasted
for
five
months
which
became
a
two-hour
movie
but
feels
like
a
four
hours
movie.
It
is
an
attempt
at
the

Hangover
franchise
with
the
mix
of
Academy
nominee

Don’t
Look
Up,
but

The
Bubble
is
close
to
neither.

The
opening
scene
is
posters
of
a
fake
franchise
called
Cliff
Beasts
1
to
5
similar
to
those
of
action-adventure
genre
films.
Gavin
(Peter
Serafinowicz)
producer
of
Cliff
Beasts
6,
plans
on
bringing
back
Carol
Cobb
(Karen
Gillan)
who
had
skipped
the
fifth
instalment.
The
neurotic
actress
agrees
because
she
needs
another
film
under
her
belt
or
her
career
is
over.

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Makes
Up
For
Bad
Storytelling
With
Great
VFX

Carol
arrives
at
the
hotel
and
is
pampered
by
the
limited
staff
(4
people)
in
her
hotel
room.
After
two
weeks
of
quarantine,
she
finally
meets
her
co-stars
Lauren
(Leslie
Mann),
Dieter
(Pedro
Pascal),
Dustin
(David
Duchovny),
and
the
action
star
of
the
film,
Sean
(Keegan-Michael
Key),
her
supposed
family
that
she
had
abandoned
for
a
now
alien
flop
film.

The
first
few
weeks
of
the
shoot
goes
well
until
there
is
an
outbreak
onset
or
various
diseases
and
the
studio
won’t
let
them
leave
until
the
film
is
finished.
The
mishaps
that
continue
are
just
as
confusing
and
random
as
the
plot
of
the
film.
Directed
by
Apatow
and
co-written
with
Pam
Brady,
The
Bubble
is
too
focused
on
making
fun
of
Hollywood,
the
novelty
of
which
lasts
only
for
a
couple
of
minutes
in
the
opening
scene.

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of
Dumbledore
Early
Reaction:
Fans
Call
It
The
Best
Of
The
Prequel
Franchise

Despite
a
good
cast
and
an
astonishing
amount
of
high-profile
cameos
including
Daisy
Ridley,
James
McAvoy,
and
Benedict
Cumberbatch,

The
Bubble
still
has
very
little
to
offer
in
terms
of
its
content.
While
the
script
offers
basic
comedy
it
mostly
falls
flat
due
to
the
editing.
The
plot
explores
certain
issues
but
they
are
too
Hollywood
centric
for
the
mass
audience
to
enjoy.

The
Bubble
seems
like
a
script
written
for
the
writer’s
own
amusement
which
for
some
reason
was
put
into
production.

Overall,

The
Bubble
tries
too
hard
to
be
everything
and
ends
up
mostly
being
nothing
but
a
film
that
should
have
been
left
on
the
editing
floor.
The
Netflix
film
is
best
skipped
his
season.