Bubble Boy Page #2

Synopsis: A young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom finds out that the woman he has loved since childhood is about to be married at Niagara Falls, so he builds a portable bubble suit and ventures into the outside world to win her affections.
Director(s): Blair Hayes
Production: Touchstone Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
30%
PG-13
Year:
2001
84 min
Website
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- Cigarette?

- What?

So, Chloe tells me

you're a musician.

Well, I rock,

if that's what you mean.

Ah

- You know?

- So, what are you guys gonna do tonight?

You know, a little bit of this.

Uh, uh, uh!

Oh, yeah.

That's it.

Ah, that's it!

- Sounds like fun.

- All right, all ready.

That's how I do it on stage.

Did I tell you how beautiful you look?

Come here.

I'm gonna be the luckiest guy

at the prom.

One thing was for sure.

Mark was cool.

Bye, Jimmy.

Who could compete

with a guy like that?

- Hands.

- I'm sorry.

Come on, Chloe.

We've been going out for two years.

I want a little action.

Mark, I told you...

I wanna wait till I get married.

Hands.

I tried to warn you,

but you wouldn't listen.

All women will

leave you someday.

That girl didn't love you.

She just felt sorry for you.

You really think she'd wanna marry a boy

who couldn't even touch her?

- Hey.

- Hi.

Are you going somewhere?

Um, yeah.

You know Mark?

Well, we've sort of been going out

off and on for a while now.

And, um...

...well, he kind of...

asked me to, um...

- To go fishing?

- No!

- To go to the movies?

- No.

- To get married?

- Yes!

The wedding's this Saturday

in Niagara Falls.

I did... I didn't know how to tell you,

Jimmy, because...

...the thing is, um...

I really wanted to know if you think

he's the right one...

...because it's such a big step,

you know, and...

...Jimmy?

I made you something.

Take Bubble Guinea Pig

'cause I don't want him any more.

So that's it?

That's all you're gonna say?

Bye, Jimmy.

Goodbye.

Can you still remember

how it seemed

That we could live forever

in a lover's dream

And falling was the best part

But now you know

The things you cling to your heart

can start to grow

You, you're walking away

I can bear now

I know what to say

I'm the king of yesterday

Oh, why don't

why don't you stay

God bless America!

That nasty little slut

left just in the nick of time, Morton.

I had no idea

what I was up against.

Chloe hadn't told me much.

All I knew was that

she was in New York...

...which may as well been on

the other side of the galaxy...

...and I only had

three days to get there.

Three days. I just needed

the bubble suit to last that long.

Flying high now

It's so high now

Feeling strong now

Moving on now

Grass.

Street lamp. Oh.

Dog poop!

This is awesome!

I'm running! I'm running!

Well, I guess this is growing up

Well, I guess this is growing up

Well, I guess this is growing up

Well, I guess this is growing up

Well, I guess this is growing up

Well, I guess this is growing up

Well, I guess this is growing up

- Well, I guess this is growing up

- Hello! Hello!

Well, I guess this is growing up

Hi. It's my first day

out in the world.

Um, I'd like to go to Niagara Falls.

That'll be $260.

Plus I gotta charge you for an additional

seat for that stupid thing you're wearing.

Oh, money. Oh.

Money.

- How far will this get me?

- Take a step back.

That far.

Um, the girl I love is getting married

and I have to stop the wedding.

That's fantastic.

Next!

Next in line, please.

Okay. Have a nice day.

The white zone is

for loading and unloading only.

Are you all right?

Are you all right?

- What is it?

- Oh, he's alive!

I need to get to Niagara Falls by Saturday

to stop Chloe from getting married.

- Oh! - I'm Todd.

- And I'm Lorraine.

- And we can get you to Niagara Falls.

- Really?

Bright and shiny!

Stick him in the rear!

Yeah!

Bright

And shiny

Bright

And shiny

People all across the land

Come and join our happy band

Always happy, never gay

Living clean is A-OK

Bright

And shiny

- Excuse me, Todd.

- Bright

And shiny

If you save yourself for God

you will get the Golden Rod

Give up on society

We will be your family

Bright

And shiny

Jimmy! Breakfie!

Jimmy!

The Kloobda.

The Kloobda is the holy guide

to living pure...

...dictated to Gil

by a talking salamander.

But more on that later.

This will help explain.

Put it in the decontamination bay.

Right there.

First, we prepare our souls by stripping

ourselves of all material possessions...

...and sexual desires.

- Kool-Aid, Lorraine?

- Thanks, Lorraine.

- Lorraine?

- Ooh!

Her name's Lorraine too?

We're all Lorraine.

And you will be Todd,

a name chosen especially for you by Gil.

What does Bill do

with all your stuff?

He's holding it for us

at the compound.

- Where's the compound?

- I'm not really sure.

- In Texas?

- Oh.

You're not a singing group.

You're a cult.

Why we'd stop? This isn't

Niagara Falls! This is a desert!

Y-Yes, yes, I-I-I realize that in

typical cases you have to wait 48 hours...

...but you see,

this is not a typical case.

My son is a bubble boy.

He'll die out there!

Well, you'll certainly

be in my prayers tonight.

And I'll be praying

you get nut cancer!

All right, Plan B.

Did you finish the note?

Come on.

"Mr and Mrs Livingston,

we have kidnapped your son.

Pay $ 100,000 or he dies.

Signed, the Jews."

Are you kidding?

Are you kidding me?

Who in their right mind

is gonna believe this note?

It's the Jews, Morton!

They're gonna want

more than $ 100,000!

Think, man, think!

Havin'a bad day

Havin'a bad day

Get out of my way

'Cause I'm havin'a bad day

Havin'a bad day

Havin'a bad day

Get out of my way

'cause I'm havin'a bad day

- Havin'a bad day

- Get off!

Havin'a bad day

Get out of my way

Get out of my way

Have you seen my son?

Hello? I think he's deaf.

Have you seen my boy?

Yeah, your weird-ass son

got on a bus full of, like...

...happy people skipping around

all over the place...

...and they headed towards Vegas...

you know, Satan's anus.

- Thank you.

- You filthy, fat, filthy deaf man!

Um, I heard that.

Morton, let's move it!

I'll have you know

that I've lost two pounds.

I have my ankle weights

on right now...

...and it's very hot in here,

and I'm losing weight.

I've lost four pounds

in the last two months.

Havin'a bad day

Havin'a bad day

Get out of my way

'Cause I'm havin'a bad day

I'm havin'a bad day

- Get out of my way 'cause I'm havin'a bad day

- Hey!

- Hey, hey!

- Oh!

What are you?

- Some kind of astronaut?

- No. I'm a...

...I'm... I'm some kind of bubble boy.

How do you take a dump

in that thing?

Um, I think I could help you

with your situation here.

How's some bubble vato

gonna help me?

I got patches.

Patches?

I could use some stinking patches.

Welcome, my children.

Welcome.

Today will truly be a time

of spiritual illumination.

Now, can anyone guess

why we're all here?

- Oh, oh! Me! Oh! -

Yes, Todd. - To find...

- No, the other Todd.

- To find out the final incarnation of the Chosen One?

Exactly.

I can see you've been

reading your Kloobda.

The Chosen One is among us!

He walks the earth.

His final incarnation will be...

The round one!

Yes, the round one.

The holy messenger trapped

in a living globe.

We must find him and release him...

...so that he may carry us...

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Cinco Paul

Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio are American screenwriters. They are primarily known for writing screenplays for animated films, including Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who, Despicable Me, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Despicable Me 2, The Secret Life of Pets and Despicable Me 3. more…

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