The Boy in the Plastic Bubble fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, no humor.
Tense
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family and growing up.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
A real life story, family, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout characters and performances
Functional look and sound
Tense
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is tense.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about family and growing up.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving, melancholic, and cathartic. Much of it is about family and growing up.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
A real life story, family, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around a real life story, family, and the mind. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout characters and performances
The characters and performances stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is included with a subscription to Night Flight+, FlixFling, Eternal Family, and Artiflix in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on JustWatch TV, Hoopla, and FlixHouse. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video and FlixFling. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 55/100 (IMDb 5.8 and Metacritic 70). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG in the United States.
1 h 36 min
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble runs 1 h 36 min.
Yes. It's based on real events or a real person's life.
Not quite. Critics rate The Boy in the Plastic Bubble higher (70) than audiences (53). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+125GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Boy in the Plastic Bubble in 139 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 7 storytelling tropes for The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, including Alternate DVD Commentary, My God, What Have I Done?, Situational Sexuality.
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