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6.5/10
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Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Dustin James Ashley
- Kyle
- (as Dustin Ashley)
Laurie L. Wee
- Kyle's Mother
- (as Laurie Lee)
David Hubbard
- Pastor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaThe cast's own homes were used as sets.
Featured review
Soderbergh's minimalist view on a Gothic small-town 'love triangle': Well worth a glimpse
Lisa Swartzbaum of Entertainment Weekly opened the New York Film Festival screening of "Bubble" by introducing the writer Coleman Hough (a woman, to my minor shock). She said about 10 words and the screening began.
Upon the first scene, any film guru would note that it's amazingly captured on HD. Some scenes I couldn't believe weren't 35mm.
"Bubble" doesn't belittle the simple people it depicts, as many Hollywood-takes-on-small-town-USA films do, but really gives them great depth and complexity. Coming from a small town myself, I felt like I knew the people that were on the screen.
The neurotic "love" triangle that emerges in the film is wonderfully dark and comedic, as is the film entirely. From the assembly of the dolls in the factory to the simple lunch break conversations, everything has a seeded, underlying element of humanity that is both jocular and haunting.
Without giving away anything damaging to the story, "Bubble" is a great escape from Hollywood for both Soderbergh and the public alike with amazing performances by the non-professional leads and supporting cast and an ending that will make you say "Huh?"
8/10 (and for as much as I paid for tickets to the NYFF, Soderbergh should've been there dammit!)
Upon the first scene, any film guru would note that it's amazingly captured on HD. Some scenes I couldn't believe weren't 35mm.
"Bubble" doesn't belittle the simple people it depicts, as many Hollywood-takes-on-small-town-USA films do, but really gives them great depth and complexity. Coming from a small town myself, I felt like I knew the people that were on the screen.
The neurotic "love" triangle that emerges in the film is wonderfully dark and comedic, as is the film entirely. From the assembly of the dolls in the factory to the simple lunch break conversations, everything has a seeded, underlying element of humanity that is both jocular and haunting.
Without giving away anything damaging to the story, "Bubble" is a great escape from Hollywood for both Soderbergh and the public alike with amazing performances by the non-professional leads and supporting cast and an ending that will make you say "Huh?"
8/10 (and for as much as I paid for tickets to the NYFF, Soderbergh should've been there dammit!)
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- collinrk
- Sep 25, 2005
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,600,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $145,626
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $70,664
- Jan 29, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $261,966
- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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