The Bubble Reviews Bash Judd Apatow's Pandemic Movie
Early reviews for Judd Apatow’s meta-comedy The Bubble are trickling in for the film’s April Fool’s Day release on Netflix and it seems like the joke is on Apatow. The film is written and directed by Apatow and has made a name for itself through a variety of stunt marketing campaigns to get The Bubble on audiences' radars.The Bubble follows a star-studded cast and crew trying to make their sci-fi adventure film Cliff Beasts 6: Battle for Everest as they hole up in a studio in London due to an unprecedented global pandemic. The filmmakers are forced to battle boredom, sexual frustration, and the unnamed virus during their secluded quarantine.
Portraying the cast of the film-within-a-film are Karen Gillan, Keegan-Michael Key, Pedro Pascal, Leslie Mann, David Duchovny, Iris Apatow, and Guz Khan, with Fred Armisen portraying the fictional director and Kate McKinnon as the studio head. The satirical film also includes a slew of cameos to look out for including actors John Cena, Daisy Ridley, John Lithgow, James McAvoy, and musician Beck. Director Judd Apatow of This is 40 fame, and most recently the man behind 2020’s The King of Staten Island with Pete Davidson, now has the chance to prove to audiences if his most recent film has the same amount of heart and comedy.
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Dropping on Netflix just under a month after the release of the first teaser trailer, The Bubble reviews are in from critics who have all but completely panned the film. The general consensus for criticism is that pandemic humor is already tiresome to audiences, the film feels like a series of comedy sketches loosely tied together, and its star-studded cast can’t save it from its unfunny writing. Check out some of
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