Rolf de Heer's black comedy classic. Bubby (Nicholas Hope) is a 35-year-old who has been kept inside his mum's Adelaide...
Rolf de Heer's black comedy classic. Bubby (Nicholas Hope) is a 35-year-old who has been kept inside his mum's Adelaide apartment his whole life, convinced the outside air is poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, Bubby eventually escapes, joins up with a rock band, and embarks on a nihilistic journey of self-discovery and mayhem.
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100 %10 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
88 %8,086 reviewsAudience score rating
"It may be muddled, but one can't deny its ambitions, or the integrity of Hope's performance."
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Time Out
Time Out"Something to offend just about everybody. Provocative in content, and stylistically daring and inventive."
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Variety
Variety"Hope gives an astonishing performance, while the film manages marvellously to weave grotesque humour from the indefensible. It's a one‑off weirdie, offputting for whole stretches but unforgettable, not for everyone but highly recommended to the discerning."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"The opening of writer/director Rolf de Heer’s 1993 cult classic Bad Boy Bubby is unnerving to say the least, and there’s a great deal more where that came from. This unrelentingly dark walk on the wild side – a character portrait of a trapped and tortured soul who has spent the first 35 years of his existence in a grotty apartment and is set loose on society, with humorous and tragic consequences – stunned Australian cinemagoers on its release."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"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
Urban CinefileBad Boy Bubby | Details
- Runtime
- 114
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- Australia, Italy
