Tyler Aikens
8Apr12
It just seemed like they didn't care.
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Tyler Aikens
30Dec11
After watching maybe 15 minutes of these 3 attempt improvisational acting, i wanted to throw my XBOX out the window. I couldn't have cared less about the story. I was busy being distracted by terrible acting. They gave such little effort, it was insulting.
AdamantCocoon
11Oct11
In Bubble, the sense of place is potent yet enigmatic. It's a real-world sketch that's far from literalist, where a doll factory in Ohio eventuates its own character. Not for anyone into a more urgent story.
Charles Deckert
26May11
The 21st century rural American realism, if you wish to give it a label as such, was very well captured. However, like a lot of Soderbergh's films, this felt too mechanical for me to appreciate. But outside of my opinion, not a bad film.
Drew
9Jul10
The score is by Robert Pollard, from the Ohio band Guided by Voices (Pollard's from Dayton). I've driven across the bridge from Wheeling, WV into OH many times, often with GBV as the score. Soderbergh's spoken in the past about being a fan of Pollard's. It was such a thrill to see this film and have the music function with the landscape as it has so many times in my own life.
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woperchild
5Jul10
Casting was great, score was terrible. Soderbergh successfully captured an image of small-town middle America, injecting in it equal parts voyeurism and tenderness which made for what was, in my opinion, a great film. Unfortunately the score seemed alien to the world Soderbergh created, and was a distraction where it could have added more depth and humility.
Joriah Goad
16Feb10
This film would have been so much better with a score that actually shared the same wavelength as the film. The dead images and ultrarealism set such a magnificent tone of desperation. If I could ask Soderbergh one thing, it would be: why did you choose to use such an obnoxious score that forces the audience out of the story? The music is in the characters and the death of the image.
Abel Magwitch
10Dec09
This movie blew me away. I really felt as though I was in the presence of directing genius. This movie just, plain, works on so many levels. If you take a look at the film as a whole it has the feel of art made from found objects. It forces you to look at something ordinary in a new and extraordinary way. On the technical level it is equally a work of art. To have created such a consistency of tone between the place and the actors was amazing on its own but Soderbergh even manages to keep the actors all at a certain level, and these are untrained actors. At the same time I think that this is masterful storytelling. There is really no good reason to care about these characters or their circumstances at all, they themselves seem to barely care. But Soderbergh sets a pace for the story and then doles out the information and the images in such a way that you are pulled along despite yourself. Clearly this is not a movie for everyone but if you enjoy seeing the thumbprint of a director on a movie this is worth a watch.
Phil Worfel
11Sep09
As much as I thought it was mediocre the first and only time I saw it, the images and moments of the film really stuck with me. I was extremely impressed with Soderbergh's ability to direct and draw convincing performances out of non-actors.
Fernando Beltran y Puga
22Jun09
Disappointing. Bubble is to film what the Honda Insight was to hybrid cars. An ugly intent to look cool. The performances by non-actors are honest and the filmmaking is well executed, but the story is nothing worth paying for at the movie theater (or rental). He's Soderbergh, hence, we should expect a lot more.