The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,359 2000s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Jimmy is a young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet caresses of girl-next-door Chloe. But when Chloe decides to marry her high school boyfriend, Jimmy – bubble suit and all – treks cross-country to stop her.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes32%
Metacritic41/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
649 audience votes
Key crew
- John OttmanOriginal Music Composer
- Blair HayesDirector
- Cinco PaulWriter
- Ken DaurioWriter
Cast
- Jake GyllenhaalJimmy Livingston
- Swoosie KurtzMrs. Livingston
- Marley SheltonChloe
- Danny TrejoSlim
- John Carroll LynchMr. Livingston
- Verne TroyerDr. Phreak
- Dave SheridanMark
- Brian GeorgePushpop
- Patrick CranshawPappy / Pippy
- Stephen SpinellaChicken Man
- Ever CarradineLisa, Mark's Sister
- Geoffrey ArendFlipper Boy
Stills
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Themes
lovesicknessniagara fallscrushillnessjoyous