Review of The Bubble (2022) by Jluis_001 — 01 Apr 2022

The Bubble is the classic representation of someone who keeps telling bad jokes and thinks it's hilarious when no one in the room is laughing.

Worse, I find it even more stupid to see that they seem to think they were making some kind of good satirical mockery of a reality that they themselves exploit on a daily basis.

Exploiting their egos? That would be commendable if at least what was proposed was nothing more than a petty collection of lousy ideas exploring once again what he has always done; stories with childish adults who have some funny situation that makes him think he can stretch it ad nauseam.

Apatow rather than those involved perhaps believed that not taking himself seriously would be more believable and probably would have worked if not for the simple fact that it's not funny. None of it is.

Despite the strong cast, Apatow does nothing with the characters, and gives them nothing but pitiful scenes in which you can tell they are completely disinterested themselves. Like their fictional counterparts, they are there because of their contract and because they were clearly paid well for doing the bare minimum.

This wasn't meant to be taken seriously, in any way. However, that also doesn't mean you get to play dumb and think you've done something worthy of the spotlight, and The Bubble deserves total obscurity.