Bad Boy Bubby
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 54 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: April 26, 2005
- Originally Released: 1993
- Label: Blue Underground
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Ralph Cotterill, Claire Benito & Nicholas Hope | |
Directed by | Rolf De Heer |
Entertainment Reviews:
3 stars out of 5 -- [D]irector de Heer and Hope play Bubby with fearless integrity....Out there' Sure, but it works.
Total Film
[A]n extraordinary piece....It moves from the breathtaking originality of its opening sequences into a wandering, rather variable set of vignettes.
Sight and Sound
Rating: 3.5/4 --
A memorable, affecting and quietly exceptional tale
Full Review
Film Written Magazine
this dark satire-cum-parable (cling)wraps itself in a quirkily beautiful aesthetic that keeps us watching even when the material is at its most repellent or alarming.
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Projected Figures
Rating: 4/5 --
You may not understand Bubby, but damn if you won't want to take him home with you -- if only for an hour or so.
Filmcritic.com
[A] cynically funny, righteously blasphemous, surprisingly tender experience.
Entertainment Weekly
The miracle of casting; with Bad Boy Bubby, Rolf de Heer plucked Nicholas Hope from obscurity and gave him the role of his acting life
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Urban Cinefile
Product Description:
Australian director Rolf de Heer's bizarre parable of innocence and corruption, belief and redemption, paints a decidedly grim picture while allowing hints of optimistic humanism to filter through. Bad Boy Bubby (Nicholas Hope) is a 35-year-old manchild, confined his whole life by his domineering mother--who uses him for sex--to a two-room tenement apartment. She has convinced Bubby that the air outside is poisonous, donning a gas mask every time she leaves; all this changes when Bubby's father, a priest who has lost his religion, shows up. His presence both demonstrates the possibility of breathing the air outside, and inspires Bubby to an act of violence that upsets his enclosed world. Finding himself out on the street, the antisocial, nearly mute Bubby must now encounter society, and his adventures run the gamut from poignant and funny to grim and brutal. He is seduced by a Salvation Army worker, adopted by a rock band with whom he performs, imprisoned, raped, and saved again.
An incredibly unique and eccentric film, BAD BOY BUBBY inspired some controversy upon its release, with some judging its themes so dark as to be unethical. But this verdict belies the compassion and empathy latent in the treatment, which expands the piece to encompass both disillusionment with society, as well as hope for humanity. The film noir style presents a gritty, raw view of a corrupt world, presented through honest, innocent eyes.
An incredibly unique and eccentric film, BAD BOY BUBBY inspired some controversy upon its release, with some judging its themes so dark as to be unethical. But this verdict belies the compassion and empathy latent in the treatment, which expands the piece to encompass both disillusionment with society, as well as hope for humanity. The film noir style presents a gritty, raw view of a corrupt world, presented through honest, innocent eyes.
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Product Info
- UPC: 827058110297
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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