The Bubble Review
Comedy ages faster and less charitably than any other form of media, especially when the target of mockery is ripped from the headlines' news like the ongoing pandemic. A film like The Bubble might have been groundbreaking stuff around July 2020, but today, it's outpaced by a thousand quicker wits, online or on-screen.
Director and co-writer Judd Apatow has made most of his career out of flawed but very human stories about aging, sex, and comedy. His newest film tackles the same subjects from a much less intelligent viewpoint. Elements of his newest film feel like they didn't make the cut on previous efforts and the filmmaker felt he had just enough pandemic jokes to half-wrap a screenplay around. The other credited writer, Pam Brady, is probably best known for scripting Team America: World Police or South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.
Black Crab Review
The plot is mostly scaffolding from which to hang lackluster sketch comedy. The film takes place in mid-2020, on the set of the sixth in a long line of action blockbusters called Cliff Beasts. The producer (Peter Serafinowicz of John Wick 2) halfheartedly leads a crew of fellow professionals trying to corral the mercurial cast and follow pandemic guidelines. Disaster strikes at every turn as the fate of the entire studio hangs in the balance of the film's production. As things grow worse by the hour, and weeks in lockdown turn to months, the conditions worsen and the studio resorts to more Draconian tactics to keep their talent in line.
The characters are helpfully subdivided into factions, and it all has a reality TV show vibe. The actors treat each other like they're the only human beings on set and occasionally retreat to camaraderie when they must. The production team and
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