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Bubble Boy (2001)

★ 5.8 · 622 ratings on TMDB

Life is an adventure. Don't blow it.

Bubble Boy poster★ 5.8

Jimmy is a young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet caresses of girl-next-door Chloe. But when Chloe decides to marry her high school boyfriend, Jimmy – bubble suit and all – treks cross-country to stop her.

DirectorBlair Hayes
CastBrian George, Danny Trejo, Dave Sheridan, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Carroll Lynch, Marley Shelton
GenresAdventure, Comedy, Romance
The emergence reading

Bubble Boy keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Shared director or cast.

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